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Dr. Allen Grove is an Alfred University English professor and a college admissions expert with over 20 years of experience helping students transition to college.
Updated on January 24, 2020The University of Hawaii at Manoa is a public research university with an acceptance rate of 58%. Located just outside of Honolulu, the University of Hawaii at Manoa is the flagship campus of the University of Hawaii system. Manoa's strengths include highly ranked programs in astronomy, oceanography, cancer research, and Pacific Island and Asian studies. The university has a diverse student body representing all 50 states and 121 countries. UH Manoa is the only college in Hawaii to have a chapter of the prestigious Phi Beta Kappa Honor Society. In athletics, most of UH's Division I athletic teams compete in the Big West Conference.
Considering applying to UH Manoa? Here are the admissions statistics you should know, including average SAT/ACT scores and GPAs of admitted students.
During the 2018-19 admissions cycle, University of Hawaii at Manoa had an acceptance rate of 58%. This means that for every 100 students who applied, 58 students were admitted, making UH Manoa's admissions process competitive.
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The admissions data in the graph is self-reported by applicants to University of Hawaii at Manoa. GPAs are unweighted. Find out how you compare to accepted students, see the real-time graph, and calculate your chances of getting in with a free Cappex account.
The University of Hawaii at Manoa, which accepts over half of applicants, has a selective admissions process. If your SAT/ACT scores and GPA fall within the school's average ranges, you have a strong chance of being accepted. However, admission to UH Manoa is not entirely numerical. The university wants to see that you have taken sufficient college preparatory courses, including a minimum of 4 credits of English, 3 credits each of math, science, and social studies, 4 credits of additional college prep coursework, and 5 elective credits. Applicants must also have a minimum high school GPA of 2.8. Note that some programs, including nursing, social work, and education, have additional requirements.
In the graph above, the green and blue dots represent accepted students. As the data show, the majority of accepted students had high school GPAs of 3.0 or better, an SAT score (ERW+M) of 1000 or better, and an ACT composite score of 20 or higher. Note that many admitted students had grades in the "A" range.
