Sharing our numbers
Data
Our office’s kuleana is focused on strategically implementing – in partnership with our campus and communities – the recommendations from the Native Hawaiian reports dating as far back as 1986. Data helps us get there.
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Why Data?
Included in the Native Hawaiian Reports are goals for our university. These goals are shaped by recommendations in four key areas. Data helps us to track our progress.
This Month's Highlight
In 2021, Native Hawaiians represented 8.6% of all graduate assistants employed at UH Mānoa
Enrollment
Total enrollment for fall 2021 was 19,098 and total NH enrollment was 2,961. So in fall 2021, 15.5% of the UH Mānoa student population was Native Hawaiian. Take me to more NH enrollment data.
Demographics
In fall 2021, 20% of NH students pursuing an undergraduate degree and 37% of NH students pursuing a graduate degree were new first-year students. Take me to more NH demographics data.
Success Pathway
In the 2021 fiscal year, 70% of the total financial aid dollars awarded to NH students were state and institutional grants and scholarships. Take me to more NH retention and success data.
Data & The Native Hawaiian Reports
Our university data is shaped by the four key areas in the NH reports: NH student success, staff and faculty development, NH environments, and NH community engagement. We thank the many people who have worked tirelessly on the creation and implementation of the goals and recommendations from these documents. Our goal is that the data we provide helps inform UH Mānoa about where we are and where we want to go as we strive to become a NH place of learning.
NH Student Success
Goals: Native Hawaiian students are holistically supported from recruitment through post-graduation.
Best practices are gleaned from efforts to support Native Hawaiian students and are applied to student success strategies for all students across the campus.
Native Hawaiian Environments
Goal: UH Mānoa campus is a physical, cultural, spiritual, and interactive environment that exemplifies the values of ‘ohana and community, mālama ‘āina, and kuleana; thereby, perpetuating Native Hawaiian values, culture, language, traditions, and customs.
Community Engagement
Goal: UH Mānoa and Native Hawaiian communities are consistently connected and engaged in order that there can be reciprocal teaching and learning for positive impact throughout Hawai‘i.
Staff & Faculty Development
Goals: Native Hawaiian staff and faculty are holistically supported from recruitment through promotion and leadership development in every unit across the campus.
All staff and faculty at UH Mānoa are more knowledgeable and culturally rooted in Mānoa and Hawai‘i.
Measuring Our Progress: Our Data Story
In order for us to measure our progress based on the four areas listed above and the dozens of recommendations under each area, we look to various forms of data related to each recommendation. At this time, much of the data does not yet exist because tools have not been created to collect it. We definitely have our work cut out for us!
For now, we focus our attention on student data because:
- Of the four focus areas, this is the area in which UH Mānoa has the most information.
- Everyone wants to know how students are doing.
Join us in our journey of implementation by learning more about UH Mānoa and our Native Hawaiian students through our student data.
Previous Reports
To see NH student data from 2019 view the 2019 NH Student Data Report (PDF).
To see NH student data from 2020 view the 2020 Student Data Report (PDF).