Chaminade University
of Honolulu
Private College in Honolulu, HI. Six-year graduation rate 65%. Median 10-year earnings $52,343.
The median ten-year earnings figure of $52,343 sits near the national middle rather than at either extreme. The six-year graduation rate is 65%, meaning about one in three students who start do not finish. Graduates carry a median of $23,250 in debt — in line with the national norm. On economic mobility, 3.4% of students travel from the bottom income quintile to the top.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Admissions
Admission is not the constraint here: 91% of applicants are accepted. 1,937 students applied in the most recent cycle — a mid-sized pool drawn mostly from the surrounding region. Yield is low at 17%, so most admitted students do not end up enrolling. Read the score bands below narrowly: only 4% 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 | 490–625 | 12 (4%) |
| SAT Math | 480–625 | |
| ACT Composite | — | — |
IPEDS Admissions · 2024
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Six-year completion sits at 65%, meaning about one in three students who enroll leave without finishing. First-year retention is 70% — the single largest point of attrition on this campus. The part-time picture is harder: 42% return, against 70% full-time. A 11:1 ratio points to small classes and accessible faculty. As a private nonprofit four-year college, the relevant comparison is other four-year schools rather than the national average across all institutions.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 1,648 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Net price averages $28,261 annually, so cost is the first thing to weigh here. The gap between the $0–30k and $110k+ bands is narrow ($31,589 versus $29,306), meaning aid is not strongly need-weighted. Most students get help: 90% receive grants worth $15,906 on average. About 40% borrow federally, roughly the national pattern.
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 · 339 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 | $31,589 |
| $30–48k | $21,591 |
| $48–75k | $25,597 |
| $75–110k | $28,054 |
| $110k+ | $29,306 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 654 of these 1,648 students, totalling $4,617,739 — an average of $7,061 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)