About UH Mānoa
Founded in 1907, the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa is the flagship campus of the University of Hawaiʻi System. A destination of choice, students and faculty come from across the nation and the world to take advantage of UH Mānoa's unique research opportunities, diverse community, nationally-ranked Division I athletics program, and beautiful landscape. Consistently ranked a “best value” among U.S. colleges and universities, our students get a great education and have a unique multicultural global experience in a Hawaiian place of learning—truly like no place else on earth.
For more detailed information about the University please visit the Manoa Institutional Research office pages.
At a Glance
- Founded: 1907
- Location: beautiful Mānoa Valley, just outside downtown Honolulu, Hawaiʻi on the island of Oʻahu
- Campus size: 320 acres
- University of Hawaiʻi System motto: Maluna aʻe o nā lāhui a pau ke ola ke kanaka (Above all nations is humanity)
Academics
- Average class size: 25
- Colleges: nine
- Schools: nine
- Degrees (as of Fall 2010)
- Bachelor’s degrees in 92 fields
- Master’s degrees in 84 fields
- Doctoral degrees in 51 fields
- Professional degrees in three fields
- Accreditation: Accrediting Commission for Senior Colleges and Universities of the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC)
Student Diversity - Undergraduates
- Asian: 40.8 percent
- Caucasian: 20.8 percent
- Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander: 17.3 percent
- Two or more races: 13.8 percent
- Nonresident aliens: 3.2 percent
- Hispanic/Latino: 2.0 percent
- Black or African American: 1.4 percent
- American Indian or Alaska Native: 0.4 percent
- Race and/or ethnicity unknown: 0.1 percent
Faculty
- Full-time faculty: 1,229
- Student-faculty ratio: 14:1
- Percentage of faculty with doctoral degrees: 85.4
Research
One of only 32 institutions nationwide to hold the distinction of being a land-, sea-, and space-grant research institution, UH Mānoa is ranked in the top 30 public universities in federal research funding for engineering and science and 49th overall by the National Science Foundation. In 2009, UH Mānoa received $330 million in awards, with research grants reaching $216 million and nonresearch awards reaching $114 million. Seven of UH Mānoa’s faculty are currently members of the National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Engineering and the National Institute of Medicine.
Classified by the Carnegie Foundation as having “very high research activity,” UH Mānoa is known for its pioneering research in such fields as oceanography, astronomy, Pacific Islands and Asian area studies, linguistics, cancer research, and genetics.
Students
- Total student population: 20,429
- Undergraduate: 14,402
- Graduate and professional: 6,027
- Unclassified: 1,012
- Hawaiʻi (in-state) students: 69.9 percent
- Out-of-state students: 20.3 percent
- International students: 9.8 percent
- States represented: 50
- Countries represented: 108
- Male/female ratio: 45:55
Financial
- In-state tuition (avg.): $8,400*
- Out-of-state tuition (avg.): $23,232*
- Fees: $700.00*
- Room and board (avg.): $10,279†
*2011-2012 full academic year. †AY 2012-13. Rates are subject to change.
Athletics
- Member of the Western Athletics Conference
- NCAA Division I
- Diverse NCAA Division I athletics program with approximately 450 student athletes competing on 20 men’s, women’s and co-ed varsity teams
Campus Life
- Student organizations: over 200
- Intramural sports: seven currently offered (varies by semester)
Alumni
More than 170,000 alumni reside in 50 states and more than 108 countries worldwide. Below are just a few of UH Mānoa’s many notable graduates who are leaders in their field:
- Neil Abercrombie, MA ’64, PhD ’74, Governor of Hawaiʻi
- Robyn Ah Mow-Santos, ’96, USA Volleyball Team member and former Olympian
- Daniel Akaka, BEd ’52, MEd ’66, U.S. Senator
- Robert Ballard, MS ’66, oceanographer
- Angela Perez Baraquio, BEd ’99, MEd ’04, Miss America 2001
- Michael Chun, MS ’68, president, Kamehameha Schools
- Tammy Duckworth, BA ’90, former Assistant Secretary of Veterans Affairs
- Colleen Hanabusa, BA ’73, MA ’75, JD ’77, U.S. Congresswoman
- Mazie Hirono, BA ’70, U.S. Congresswoman
- Daniel Inouye, BA ’50, U.S. Senator
- Jong-wook Lee, MPH ’81, former Director-General of the World Health Organization
- Edward Tsang Lu, postdoctoral fellow, former NASA Astronaut
- Sabrina McKenna, BA ’78, JD ’82, Hawaiʻi Supreme Court Associate Justice
- Patsy Mink, BA ’48, former U.S. Congresswoman
- Kenneth P. Moritsugu, BA ’67, former Surgeon General
- Ken Niumatalolo, BA ’90, U.S. Naval Academy head football coach
- Barack Obama Sr., BA ’62, Father of U.S. President Barack Obama
- Richard D. Parsons, BA ’68, Chairman of Citigroup
- Cheryl Castro Petti, BA ’94, CNNRadio network anchor
- Patricia Saiki, BS ’52, former member of the U.S. House of Representatives and teacher
- Ann Dunham Soetoro, PhD ’92, mother of U.S. President Barack Obama
- Jay Shidler, BBA ’68, entrepreneur and benefactor of the Shidler College of Business
- Charles Nainoa Thompson, BA ’86, navigator and former trustee of Kamehameha Schools
Rankings
- U.S. News & World Report: America's Best Graduate Schools 2011 ranks the John A. Burns School of Medicine geriatric medicine program 18th in the nation while ranking its Rural Medicine Program 22nd in the nation
- According to the 2011 U.S. News & World Report law school rankings the William S. Richardson School of Law ranks 2nd best in student/teacher ratio and is the smallest law school among the top 100 law schools. It also ranked as the 23rd most selective school in terms of the ratio of admission offers/applications and in the top 50 for first-time bar passage rate.
- The Shidler College of Business undergraduate program ranks 19th in International Business in U.S. News & World Report: America’s Best Colleges 2009
- U.S. News & World Report: America’s Best Graduate Schools 2010 ranks the Shidler College of Business graduate program in international business 21st in the nation
- The Library and Information Science program school library media specialization ranks among the top 10 in the nation according to U.S. News & World Report: America's Best Graduate Schools 2012
- The Myron B. Thompson School of Social Work ranks 60th among the nation’s 191 graduate social work programs in U.S. News & World Report: America's Best Graduate Schools 2009
- The National Science Foundation ranks UH Mānoa in the top 30 public universities for federal research funding in engineering and science
Source: University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, Institutional Research Office