96-129 Ala Ike
Pearl City, HI 96782

The University of Hawai'i - West O'ahu is the only public four-year university located in the leeward O'ahu area and offers degrees in liberal arts and professional studies. In the next few years, the University of Hawai'i - West O'ahu expects to expand by opening a new campus in Kapolei.

Enrollment at this Hawai'i university is comprised of recent high school graduates and transfer students, but is largely made up of non-traditional students who are on average 33 years old. As a result, the University of Hawai'i - West O'ahu provides instruction via computer and telecommunications, certificate programs, mentoring, individualized degree programs, and credit for prior learning.

Bachelor's degrees and certificate programs are offered to neighboring island residents via distance-delivered classes, such as the Bachelor of Arts in Social Sciences with a Political Science concentration. All students pursuing this degree are required to take an interdisciplinary course schedule including philosophy, statistics, humanities and general social science as well as a selection of political science classes.


Quick Facts

The University of Hawai'i - West O'ahu recently transitioned from offering only a two-year, upper-division baccalaureate program to offering a four-year baccalaureate program.

The Hawai'i university offers bachelor of arts degrees in business administration, humanities, public administration and social sciences. Each major requires students to choose a concentration or area of study.

The University of Hawai'i - West O'ahu also offers the only undergraduate program in health care administration in the state of Hawai'i, leading to a Bachelor of Arts in Public Administration (BAPA) degree with a concentration in health care Administration.

Recently the Hawai'i university's retention rates have reached 89 percent.

The student body is comprised of more than 800 students (at least 15 percent of whom are on the neighboring Islands) and is taught by at least 28 regularly appointed full-time faculty.

The University of Hawai'i - West O'ahu received accreditation in February 1981 from the Accrediting Commission for Senior Colleges and Universities of the Western Association of Schools and Colleges.

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