Brigham Young University-Hawaii
Private College in Laie, HI. Six-year graduation rate 53%. Median 10-year earnings $52,064.
Students who entered Brigham Young University-Hawaii land at a median of $52,064 a decade later, close to what most four-year schools deliver. Six-year completion sits at 53%, near the national average for undergraduate institutions. Median debt at graduation is $9,413, a light load against those earnings.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ Debt-to-income ratio 0.18 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Admissions
Brigham Young University-Hawaii admits 47% of applicants and is genuinely selective — roughly one in two applicants are turned away. With 1,020 applicants, admissions statistics here move a lot on small changes. Yield is high — 75% of admitted students go on to enroll, well above the typical rate. Read the score bands below narrowly: only 12% of enrolled first-years submitted an SAT score, and test-optional applicants are not represented in them.
Test score bands (middle 50% of submitters)
These bands describe the enrolled first-years who submitted a score, not the entering class. Where most students apply test-optional the submitters are a self-selected, higher-scoring group.
| Test | 25th–75th percentile | Submitted |
|---|---|---|
| SAT Evidence-Based Reading | 480–620 | 43 (12%) |
| SAT Math | 480–570 | |
| ACT Composite | 21–25 | 88 (24%) |
IPEDS Admissions · 2024
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Completion is middling: 53% finish inside six years. Retention of 74% means a meaningful slice of each entering class does not return. The two rates sit near each other: few students who return for a second year are missing from the six-year completion figure. With 35% transferring out, this functions substantially as a stepping stone. The student-faculty ratio is 18:1 — typical, which in practice means large lectures early and smaller classes in the major.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 2,861 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Average net price is $12,410 a year after grant aid — low for a four-year institution, though your own figure depends on aid eligibility. The income table below is the number that matters — $11,623 at $0–30k versus $22,582 at $110k+. Most students get help: 86% receive grants worth $15,155 on average. 7% borrow federally — a low rate, though it covers federal loans only.
Entering first-year students
A different, smaller group than the rates above: full-time students in their first year of college anywhere. The grant series here also excludes the "other sources" counted in the all-undergraduate figure, so the two are not comparable.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · 333 students
Net price by family income
The same students as the headline above, limited to those who received Title IV federal aid — a narrower group, with a lower overall average. IPEDS publishes no combined figure across these bands, so they should not be averaged into one.
| Family income band | Average net price |
|---|---|
| $0–30k | $11,623 |
| $30–48k | $21,255 |
| $48–75k | $15,993 |
| $75–110k | $17,155 |
| $110k+ | $22,582 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 209 of these 2,861 students, totalling $1,196,730 — an average of $5,726 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Honolulu County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026
Veterans & GI Bill
VA GI Bill Comparison Tool (Veterans Affairs GIDS)