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University of Hawai'i at Hilo

University of Hawai'i at Hilo
200 W. Kawili Street
Hilo, HI 96720-4091

Official telephone: (808) 932-7446
Fax number: (808) 933-0861
Website: https://hilo.hawaii.edu/
Screen last updated on: September 2025
ACADEMIC CALENDAR
Calendar system: semester system (two terms comprise academic year)

ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE
Percent of full-time freshman students who returned for sophomore year: 73%
Student:Faculty ratio: 12:1
Total faculty: 114 men, 131 women
Full-time faculty: 93 men, 93 women
Part-time faculty: 21 men, 38 women
Graduation rate: 48% within six years

PROGRAMS OFFERED
Special programs offered:
double majors, independent study, internships, distance learning
Cooperative programs are offered: no
Study abroad opportunities:
Study-abroad program offered.
Army ROTC: offered off-campus ROTC branch unit at a cooperating host institution.

LIST OF MAJORS
Bachelor's Degrees

  • Accounting
  • Agricultural Business and Management, General
  • Agriculture, General
  • Airline/Commercial/Professional Pilot and Flight Crew
  • American Indian/Native American Studies
  • Animal Sciences, General
  • Anthropology, General
  • Area, Ethnic, Cultural, Gender, and Group Studies, Other
  • Art/Art Studies, General
  • Astronomy
  • Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Other
  • Biology/Biological Sciences, General
  • Business Administration and Management, General
  • Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services, Other
  • Chemistry, General
  • Communication, Journalism, and Related Programs, Other
  • Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services, Other
  • Computer Science
  • Criminal Justice/Safety Studies
  • Data Science, General
  • Economics, General
  • Elementary Education and Teaching
  • Engineering, General
  • English Language and Literature, General
  • English Language and Literature/Letters, Other
  • Environmental Science
  • Environmental Studies
  • Exercise Science and Kinesiology
  • Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, Other
  • Geography
  • Geology/Earth Science, General
  • Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, General
  • History, General
  • History, Other
  • Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, Firefighting and Related Protective Services, Other
  • Horticultural Science
  • Japanese Language and Literature
  • Japanese Studies
  • Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies
  • Linguistics
  • Marine Biology and Biological Oceanography
  • Mathematics and Statistics, Other
  • Mathematics, General
  • Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies, General
  • Music, General
  • Natural Resources and Conservation, Other
  • Natural Sciences
  • Parks, Recreation, Leisure, Fitness, and Kinesiology, Other
  • Pharmacy
  • Philosophy
  • Philosophy and Religious Studies, Other
  • Physical Sciences, Other
  • Physics, General
  • Political Science and Government, General
  • Psychology, General
  • Psychology, Other
  • Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse
  • Social Sciences, Other
  • Sociology, General
  • Speech Communication and Rhetoric
  • Transportation and Materials Moving, Other
  • Visual and Performing Arts, Other
  • Women's Studies
Doctorates

  • Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, Other
  • Hawaiian Language and Literature
  • Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, General
  • Nursing Practice
  • Pharmacy
Master's Degrees

  • American Indian/Native American Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics
  • Counseling Psychology
  • Cultural Resource Management and Policy Analysis
  • Education, Other
  • Environmental Science
  • Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, Other
  • Hawaiian Language and Literature
  • Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies, General
  • Natural Resources and Conservation, Other
  • Psychology, Other
  • Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods, Other

ADVANCED CREDIT/PLACEMENT
Credit placement options:
  • credit for CEEB Advanced Placement
  • credit for CLEP subject
  • credit for DANTES

CERTIFICATES OFFERED
  • False
 
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