Federal enrolment data · Fall 2023 · Hawaii
Online colleges in Hawaii
Across the 17 Hawaii colleges the federal government holds distance-education figures for, 18,015 students (30%) were enrolled entirely at a distance in Fall 2023, and 64% took at least one distance course. 10 of those colleges enrol at least a quarter of their students that way; they are listed below, largest online intake first.
Colleges with federal figures
17
In Hawaii
Students studying entirely online
18,015
30% of the 59,572 enrolled at those colleges
Took at least one distance course
64%
Fully online plus part-distance study
Colleges on the list below
10
At least 25% of students studying entirely online AND at least 50 of them. CampusPin thresholds, not federal categories.
Why your state still matters for online study
Distance study has no postcode, but the price and the paperwork do. Most public institutions charge residents less than non-residents, including for online courses at many of them, and states authorise which out-of-state institutions may enrol their residents at all. Starting from the colleges in Hawaii is therefore usually starting from the cheaper and simpler end, which is the only sense in which an online college is “in” a state.
Hawaii colleges where students actually study online
Every Hawaii college where at least 25% of students were enrolled entirely at a distance and at least 50students did so, ordered by how many. Share alone would let a twenty-student campus open the list ahead of a community college teaching thousands at a distance. It is a measurement of enrolment, not a ranking, and nobody paid to be on it.
3,604 of 6,059 students enrolled entirely at a distance, and 1,458 more took at least one distance course · public · published tuition $3,214 in-state / $8,350 out-of-state.
2,986 of 5,822 students enrolled entirely at a distance, and 1,579 more took at least one distance course · public · published tuition $3,284 in-state / $8,420 out-of-state.
1,544 of 2,863 students enrolled entirely at a distance, and 1,070 more took at least one distance course · public · published tuition $7,584 in-state / $20,544 out-of-state.
1,533 of 3,204 students enrolled entirely at a distance, and 1,051 more took at least one distance course · public · published tuition $3,174 in-state / $8,310 out-of-state.
1,410 of 2,743 students enrolled entirely at a distance, and 503 more took at least one distance course · public · published tuition $3,194 in-state / $8,330 out-of-state.
1,256 of 2,647 students enrolled entirely at a distance, and 588 more took at least one distance course · public · published tuition $3,284 in-state / $8,420 out-of-state.
1,137 of 2,260 students enrolled entirely at a distance, and 526 more took at least one distance course · public · published tuition $3,204 in-state / $8,340 out-of-state.
943 of 2,602 students enrolled entirely at a distance, and 833 more took at least one distance course · private · published tuition $29,970 in-state.
517 of 1,298 students enrolled entirely at a distance, and 294 more took at least one distance course · public · published tuition $3,252 in-state / $8,388 out-of-state.
101 of 217 students enrolled entirely at a distance, and 116 more took at least one distance course · private · published tuition $25,927 in-state.
Tuition shown is the published institution-wide rate, not the price of an online programme. Many colleges price online study on a separate schedule, and some charge a single rate regardless of where the student lives, so treat them as headline figures for the institution and confirm the online rate with the institution.
What this list is not
- It is not the complete set of your options. It counts students, not programmes. A college below the threshold may run an excellent online degree that few students happened to take exclusively that term, and residents of Hawaii can enrol with institutions anywhere.
- It is not a ranking. A high share describes how an institution enrols, not how good it is. Some of the largest shares belong to institutions worth reading carefully before applying, which is why every row links to the full profile with cost, debt and graduation figures.
- It is one term. These are Fall 2023 enrolments, on the federal reporting cycle.
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Source & methodology
Enrolment figures are from the U.S. Department of Education, IPEDS Fall Enrollment (distance education status), Fall 2023. Published tuition and control are from CampusPin's committed institution snapshot. Federal data is public domain; credit the U.S. Department of Education.
Distance-education figures count STUDENTS enrolled in Fall 2023, not programs on offer. "Exclusively at a distance" means a student took only distance courses that term. A college with few or no such students may still run online courses or an online degree, so a low figure is not evidence that online study is unavailable, and a high one is not a judgement of quality either way.
Suggested citation
CampusPin. (2026). Online study at Hawaii colleges. Retrieved from https://campuspin.com/online-colleges-in/hawaii
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