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Colleges in Hawaii: Universities, Trade and Technical Schools

Hawaii Colleges Summary

As one might expect, Hawaii has a small number of colleges and adult education schools, and is one of 9 states with fewer than 30 such schools. Hawaii is also one of only 9 states with fewer than 70,000 students.

Only 12 of Hawaii's colleges have more than 1,000 students, and 6 of these are community colleges. Hawaii also has 7 colleges and adult education schools with fewer than 100 students.

These schools cover a wide range of disciplines, as you can see from their names: Hawaii Theological Seminary, Hollywood Beauty College, Hawaii Institute of Hair Design, World Medicine Institute, Institute of Clinical Acupuncture & Oriental Med, Hawaii Technology Institute, and the Golf Academy of Hawaii.

Hawaii also has a relatively small number of its population enrolled in colleges and adult education institutions. It is one of one of 12 states with less than 5.6% of its population attending such schools. Hawaii does have one large college, the University of Hawaii, which has approximately 24,000 students enrolled.

The Hawaii Department of Education is locate at the following address:
Systems Accountability Office
Room 411
1390 Miller Street
Honolulu, HI 96813

http://doe.k12.hi.us/ is the web site for the Hawaii DOE.

Selected Hawaii Colleges and Universities

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SchoolCityDegreesOpen AdmissionQuick Info
Argosy UniversityHonoluluAssociate, Bachelor, Doctorate, MasterYesGet Info
Heald CollegeHonoluluAssociate, CertificateYesGet Info
University of PhoenixHonolulu, Kapolei, MililaniAssociate, Bachelor, Doctorate, MasterYesGet Info

All Colleges and Universities in Hawaii

SchoolCityStudentsDormsOpen AdmissionTypical SAT Range
Brigham Young University HawaiiLaie2,3971,635NoV: 463-578
M: 490-580
Chaminade University of HonoluluHonolulu2,685397NoV: 410-510
M: 410-520
Hawaii Community CollegeHilo2,603 Yes 
Hawaii Institute of Hair DesignHonolulu46 Yes 
Hawaii Pacific UniversityHonolulu7,943211NoV: 420-550
M: 430-570
W: 410-540
Hawaii Technology InstituteHonolulu9 Yes 
Honolulu Community CollegeHonolulu4,027 Yes 
Institute of Clinical Acupuncture & Oriental MedHonolulu37 No 
Kapiolani Community CollegeHonolulu7,517 Yes 
Kauai Community CollegeLihue1,051 Yes 
Leeward Community CollegePearl City5,887 Yes 
Maui Community CollegeKahului2,98144Yes 
Med Assist School of HawaiiHonolulu101 No 
Traditional Chinese Medical College of HawaiiKamuela27 No 
Travel Institute of the PacificHonolulu202 Yes 
University of Hawaii at HiloHilo3,573620NoV: 420-520
M: 430-540
W: 400-500
University of Hawaii at ManoaHonolulu20,0513,621NoV: 480-580
M: 510-610
W: 470-570
University of Hawaii West OahuPearl City940 NoV: 370-500
M: 390-510
W: 380-520
Windward Community CollegeKaneohe1,824 Yes 
World Medicine InstituteHonolulu44 No 
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