Time to Degree
Time-to-Degree (or Time-to-Completion) measures the length of time students take to finish a degree. At the University of Hawai’i at Mānoa, undergraduate Time-to-Degree is reported separately for first-time full-time students and transfer students.
*** Please Note: The latest reports will be made available when data are released by the UH System Institutional Research, Analysis & Planning Office (IRAPO).
MIRO produces a Time-to-Degree Analysis Brief with further details on how undergraduate time-to-degree is calculated, and multiple years of time-to-degree statistics for first-time and transfer undergraduate students.
Undergraduate Time-to-Degree Brief
First-time, Full-time Freshmen
At the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, time-to-degree for undergraduate students in general and for different types of student populations are only examined among degrees awarded to students who started as first-time full-time freshmen. This is because transfer students bring in different numbers of transfer credits, so they are not included to allow for a more reliable, apples-to-apples comparison across years.
First-time, Full-time Freshmen
By Geographic Origin: Hawaiʻi US Mainland US National/CFAS International
By Race & Ethnicity:
| Race | Ethnicity |
|---|---|
| Hispanic/Latino | N/A |
| White | N/A |
| Asian | Japanese Chinese Filipino Korean Vietnamese Mixed Asian |
| Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander | Native Hawaiian or Part-Hawaiian |
| Multiracial | N/A |
Note 1: The race categories American Indian and Alaska Native and Black or African American are not reported due to small sample sizes.
Note 2: Under the race category Asian, the following ethnicities are not reported due to small sample sizes: Thai, Laotian, Asian Indian, and Other Asian.
Note 3: Under the race category Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, the following ethnicities are not reported due to small sample sizes: Guamanian or Chamorro, Micronesian, Samoan, Tongan, Other Pacific Islander, and Mixed Pacific Islander.
Transfer Students
Transfer students’ time-to-degree is tracked at different educational levels, based on the number of credits transferred in. Transfers with a first-semester course load status of full-time or part-time are also separated to enable comparable statistics.