Overall Rating Bronze
Overall Score 36.20
Liaison Laurel Pikcunas
Submission Date March 3, 2022

STARS v2.2

University of Hawaii at Manoa
PA-8: Affordability and Access

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 1.84 / 4.00 Matthew Lynch
Director
UH System Office of Sustainability
"---" indicates that no data was submitted for this field

Provide at least one of the following figures:

Percentage of need met, on average, for students who were awarded any need-based aid :
---

Percentage of students graduating without student loan debt:
59

Percentage of entering students that are low-income:
24

Graduation/success rate for low-income students:
55.60

Optional Fields

A brief description of notable policies or programs to make the institution accessible and affordable to low-income students:
The University of Hawai‘i was awarded more than $39 million in federal grants to help increase the number of low-income middle and high school students statewide who succeed in college through GEAR UP, the Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs from the U.S. Department of Education. GEAR UP at The University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa campus aims to significantly increase the number of low-income students pursuing and succeeding in higher education, including the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa — the flagship campus within the 10-campus UH system. http://gearup.hawaii.edu/programs/Program_Overview

Since 1988, Kua’ana Native Hawaiian Student Development Services has served thousands of Hawaiian students through student services that include need-based tuition waivers, mālama ʻāina activities, an annual financial aid fair, as well as scholarship resources off and on the Mānoa campus. http://hawaii.edu/kuaana/

A brief description of notable policies or programs to support non-traditional students:
---

Estimated percentage of students that participate in or directly benefit from the institution’s policies and programs to support low-income and non-traditional students:
---

Website URL where information about the institution’s accessibility and affordability initiatives is available:
---

Additional documentation to support the submission:
---

Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
Assessment in progress, no score available at this time. A number of initiatives exist to address affordability & access, for example:

The University of Hawai‘i was awarded more than $39 million in federal grants to help increase the number of low-income middle and high school students statewide who succeed in college through GEAR UP, the Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs from the U.S. Department of Education. GEAR UP at The University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa campus aims to significantly increase the number of low-income students pursuing and succeeding in higher education, including the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa — the flagship campus within the 10-campus UH system. http://gearup.hawaii.edu/programs/Program_Overview

Since 1988, Kua’ana Native Hawaiian Student Development Services has served thousands of Hawaiian students through student services that include need-based tuition waivers, mālama ʻāina activities, an annual financial aid fair, as well as scholarship resources off and on the Mānoa campus. http://hawaii.edu/kuaana/


Preliminary Data Sources:
https://www.hawaii.edu/fas/info/scholarships.php
http://www.catalog.hawaii.edu/tuitionfees/tuition2.html
http://www.hawaii.edu/fas/basics/types_of_aid/uhm.php
http://gearup.hawaii.edu/programs/Program_Overview
http://hawaii.edu/kuaana/

The information presented here is self-reported. While AASHE staff review portions of all STARS reports and institutions are welcome to seek additional forms of review, the data in STARS reports are not verified by AASHE. If you believe any of this information is erroneous or inconsistent with credit criteria, please review the process for inquiring about the information reported by an institution or simply email your inquiry to stars@aashe.org.