Brigham Young University-Hawaii

What the IPEDS & College Scorecard Data Shows for Brigham Young University-Hawaii

Brigham Young University-Hawaii operates as a private nonprofit institution located in Laie, Hawaii (town: fringe), with a total reported enrollment of 2,889 students of which 3,410 are undergraduates. Institution-level records in the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) classify each school by Carnegie category, ownership sector, and urban/rural locale, which is how this profile’s peer group and cost cohort are determined. Brigham Young University-Hawaii is categorized as “22” under the Carnegie classification system, a meaningful signal when comparing like-to-like institutions.

Selectivity and financial signals give context to what applicants can expect. The reported admission rate is 47.0%, drawn from the most recent IPEDS Fall enrollment survey, with an average SAT of 1,130 and an ACT midpoint of 24. The average net price after grants and scholarships is $16,774, with published in-state tuition of $6,630 and a Pell grant recipient share of 15.1%. Median federal student debt at graduation is $9,413, drawn from the U.S. Treasury-matched College Scorecard file.

Outcomes reveal whether the investment pays back. The 4-year completion rate is 53.6%, and the first-year retention rate is 73.5%. Graduates earn a median of $52,064 ten years after enrolling, compared with $39,316 six years post-enrollment. Within three years of entering repayment, 79100.0% of borrowers are making progress on their federal loans, and 54.2% of graduates earn above the high-school threshold. Treating these numbers as a single snapshot alongside the cost cohort is the standard approach for evaluating ROI under the College Scorecard methodology.