University of Hawaii at Manoa

University of Hawaii at Manoa is a public college in Honolulu, HI. Its average net price is $11,122 a year - and the price families actually pay swings a lot by income, as the receipt below shows.

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Money

Tuition and room and board for the 2025-26 academic year

Average Net Price by Family Income

Family IncomeAverage Net Price
$0 to $30,000$7,926
$30,001 to $48,000$6,845
$48,001 to $75,000$9,483
$75,001 to $110,000$12,579
$110,001 and up$18,901
$12,402Tuition 2025-26, In-State
$34,434Tuition 2025-26, Out-of-State
$11,122Average Net Price
$15,216Room and Board 2025-26, On-Campus
$1,404Books and Supplies
$4,056Other Expenses
31.4%Students on Pell Grants
27.1%Students With Federal Loans

Admissions

86.6%Acceptance Rate
548 to 653SAT Reading, Middle Half
533 to 640SAT Math, Middle Half
17 to 25ACT, Middle Half

Outcomes

HorizonMedian Earnings
6 years after entry$50,634
8 years after entry$57,187
10 years after entry$62,422
61.6%Graduation Rate
80.7%Retention Rate
$18,750Median Debt at Graduation

Campus Facts

Honolulu, HILocation
Large citySetting
15,029Undergraduate Enrollment
PublicControl

Programs and What They Pay

Each figure prints the sample size behind it. A college figure appears only when at least 30 graduates sit behind it; smaller programs show the national median for the major instead. Read Why We Show Sample Sizes.

MajorMedian EarningsMedian Debt
Accounting$54,344 Small program - rough guide n=43$12,733 Small program - rough guide n=44
Agricultural Engineering$71,049 National median for this major n=1,014Not published
Agricultural Production Operations$40,871 National median for this major n=581Not published
Animal Sciences$37,766 National median for this major n=6,365Not published
Anthropology$34,245 National median for this major n=8,063Not published
Apparel and Textiles$44,102 National median for this major n=2,810Not published
Area Studies$38,972 National median for this major n=3,356Not published
Astronomy and Astrophysics$41,014 National median for this major n=614Not published
Atmospheric Sciences and Meteorology$44,128 National median for this major n=605Not published
Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology$43,049 National median for this major n=8,694Not published
Biology$31,307 Small program - rough guide n=91$21,500 Small program - rough guide n=73
Biotechnology$49,893 National median for this major n=883Not published
Botany/Plant Biology$36,829 National median for this major n=278Not published
Business Administration, Management and Operations$49,725 Small program - rough guide n=67$13,343 Small program - rough guide n=58
Business and Commerce$54,795 National median for this major n=25,511Not published
Cell/Cellular Biology and Anatomical Sciences$41,457 National median for this major n=2,766Not published
Chemistry$47,486 National median for this major n=10,597Not published
Civil Engineering$70,347 Small program - rough guide n=73$21,335 Small program - rough guide n=58
Classical and Ancient Studies$33,774 National median for this major n=168Not published
Classics and Classical Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics$33,198 National median for this major n=732Not published
Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science/Research and Allied Professions$69,014 National median for this major n=5,201Not published
Communications$40,416 n=110$18,812 Small program - rough guide n=82
Computer Engineering$83,729 National median for this major n=11,252Not published
Computer Science$70,762 National median for this major n=44,537Not published
Computer Science$58,179 Small program - rough guide n=87$13,539 Small program - rough guide n=46
Construction Engineering$78,954 National median for this major n=809Not published
Dance$28,513 National median for this major n=2,991Not published
Dental Support Services and Allied Professions$69,638 National median for this major n=3,591Not published
Dietetics and Clinical Nutrition Services$39,341 National median for this major n=2,106Not published
Drama/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft$29,768 National median for this major n=14,923Not published
East Asian Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics$35,335 Small program - rough guide n=60$19,980 Small program - rough guide n=40
Ecology, Evolution, Systematics, and Population Biology$36,038 Small program - rough guide n=42$21,437 Small program - rough guide n=54
Economics$40,376 Small program - rough guide n=45$20,371 Small program - rough guide n=45
Education$44,614 National median for this major n=9,571Not published
Electrical, Electronics, and Communications Engineering$72,916 Small program - rough guide n=52Not published
English Language and Literature, General$25,478 Small program - rough guide n=42$22,500 Small program - rough guide n=37
Entrepreneurial and Small Business Operations$47,020 National median for this major n=3,614Not published
Environmental Conservation$40,925 National median for this major n=16,925Not published
Environmental Design$45,657 Small program - rough guide n=34$19,500 Small program - rough guide n=31
Environmental/Natural Resources Management and Policy$41,266 Small program - rough guide n=32$21,930 Small program - rough guide n=37
Ethnic and Gender Studies$37,745 Small program - rough guide n=34$23,500 Small program - rough guide n=30
Finance and Financial Management Services$46,678 Small program - rough guide n=80$17,997 Small program - rough guide n=63
Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, Other$36,977 National median for this major n=166Not published
Geography and Cartography$44,734 National median for this major n=3,998Not published
Geography and Environmental Studies$40,570 National median for this major n=35Not published
Geological and Earth Sciences/Geosciences$45,534 National median for this major n=4,652Not published
Germanic Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics$39,364 National median for this major n=755Not published
Graphic Communications$30,588 Small program - rough guide n=70$20,000 Small program - rough guide n=46
History$38,156 National median for this major n=20,617Not published
Hospitality Administration/Management$46,998 Small program - rough guide n=77$18,875 Small program - rough guide n=36
Human Development, Family Studies, and Related Services$37,051 Small program - rough guide n=69$22,395 Small program - rough guide n=40
Human Resources Management and Services$46,541 Small program - rough guide n=34Not published
International Business$56,014 National median for this major n=5,265Not published
Journalism$41,953 National median for this major n=11,629Not published
Liberal Arts$42,801 National median for this major n=38,048$21,856 Small program - rough guide n=78
Management Information Systems and Services$48,099 Small program - rough guide n=39Not published
Marketing$43,120 Small program - rough guide n=88$19,125 Small program - rough guide n=84
Mathematics$52,843 National median for this major n=13,762Not published
Mechanical Engineering$72,128 Small program - rough guide n=87$20,250 Small program - rough guide n=63
Microbiological Sciences and Immunology$41,538 National median for this major n=2,315Not published
Music$33,156 National median for this major n=13,251Not published
Nutrition Sciences$36,429 National median for this major n=2,421Not published
Philosophy$37,154 National median for this major n=6,052Not published
Physics$52,079 National median for this major n=4,999Not published
Political Science and Government$37,269 Small program - rough guide n=54$19,750 Small program - rough guide n=65
Psychology$34,079 n=131$18,500 n=155
Public Health$38,975 Small program - rough guide n=46$18,500 Small program - rough guide n=50
Registered Nursing$103,178 n=109$22,250 n=105
Religion/Religious Studies$28,307 National median for this major n=4,315Not published
Research and Experimental Psychology$38,319 National median for this major n=11,840Not published
Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics$40,236 National median for this major n=8,855Not published
Slavic, Baltic and Albanian Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics$41,787 National median for this major n=353Not published
Social Work$41,160 National median for this major n=17,635$23,763 Small program - rough guide n=58
Sociology$38,857 Small program - rough guide n=60$18,479 Small program - rough guide n=38
Soil Sciences$48,415 National median for this major n=193Not published
Southeast Asian and Australasian/Pacific Languages, Literatures, and LinguisticsNot publishedNot published
Special Education and Teaching$46,673 National median for this major n=10,747Not published
Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness$33,430 Small program - rough guide n=89$21,561 n=100
Studio Art$31,611 Small program - rough guide n=75$21,250 Small program - rough guide n=47
Teaching$50,023 n=120$20,416 Small program - rough guide n=69
Teaching English or French as a Second or Foreign Language$36,625 National median for this major n=401Not published
Zoology/Animal Biology$33,118 National median for this major n=2,431Not published

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