Knowee
Questions
Features
Study Tools
3.1
Overall Quality
Reputation
3.2
Food
3
Clubs
2.9
Facilities
3.1
Internet
3.4
Location
3.3
Opportunities
3.1
Safety
2.6
Social
2.9
Happiness
3.4

Basic Information

Location

  • Honolulu, HI

Institution Overview

  • Public/Private: Private university
  • Established: 1965; 59 years ago (1965)
  • Founder: Paul C.T. Loo, Eureka Forbes, Elizabeth W. Kellerman, Reverend Edmond Walker

Academic information

Degree Courses

  • Around 40 bachelor's degrees and numerous graduate
  • associate
  • and certificate programs

Key Area

  • Marine aquaculture and coastal resource management
  • biomedical research
  • marine biology
  • sustainable aquaculture technologies
  • biomedical and chemical research

Student and Staff Numbers

  • Students: 4,998
  • Undergraduates: 4,260
  • Postgraduates: 738

Notable Alumni

  • Tulsi Gabbard
  • Benny Agbayani
  • Kiwi Camara
  • Lymaraina D'Souza
  • Sarah Palin

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Students talk about this school

Good reviews
Overall 4.9
Great location. Professors have real-life experience. Classes are no bigger than 30 students. Cheaper than any other university in the state if you are an out-of-state student. Modern facilities, continually innovating and looking for better solutions. Most diverse university in the US with students from more than 60 different countries. Love it!
Overall 4.8
Its the good professors that make the school!
Overall 4.6
Hawaii Pacific University has a diverse, expansive campus. This includes the downtown campus and the Kaneohe campus as well as Aloha Tower area. Fort st has many restaurants, a Walmart, and many other convenient stores. Classes are great and location is also reasonable. The last four years I've been here have been great. I love my university.
Overall 4.5
Great University with excellent students and staff
Overall 4.5
None.
Overall 4.4
Extremely beautiful and multicultural.
Overall 4.3
I've taken military campus courses and online from this school over the last 6 years, only a few classes at a time but I love my courses, great professors, very easy to work the online courses into my schedule, as I am military and never in the same time zone.
Overall 4.3
Takes time to adjust but a great place to go to school. Getting better every day.
Overall 4.3
Awesome school, amazing professors and staff especial in Marine Science and Biology. You really are getting an education that is EXCELLENT!! Best bang for your buck. There is no other school better than HPU.
Overall 4.2
None.
Bad reviews
Overall 1
Just Don't come. they keep changing policies to get MORE money from students who enrolled in as much as possible. So, when you come, they will seek only MONEY from you whatever of ways they can do. If you don't have enough time and money to waste, don't come. This is Junk school for real
Overall 1
I was in MCP campus, because I have FT workload. The first 2 years, HPU was the place to be, when they went to 8 week terms - they really dropped the ball. So much hate and disrespect towards the students. I was proud to go here at first but this private school ONLY cares about the money. Skip this college, because it is not worth the cost.
Overall 1.1
horrible school. such a waste of money and time. transferring after first semester and many others are too. teachers don't care if you learn the information just try to check it off a list. the food is absolutely horrible, all it is old pizza and gray hamburgers. DONT COME HERE. you will regret it. go to a school that you will actually learn at
Overall 1.1
Looking for an easy A with little to no hope of finding much success towards graduate schools or the work force after graduation? This is the place for you. If you choose to attend be prepared for rude councilors, possibly not getting a dorm, food that makes you sick, and students who don't care for education. No one cares for you here, good luck.
Overall 1.2
While the website and campus tours may make this place out to be idyllic, have to admit the it's not like that . HLC is surrounded by virtually nothing and the campus is run down. The shuttle is unreliable and you WILL be late to classes. Classes are uninteresting and there's lack of support from the limited academic advisors that are here.
Overall 1.2
This school is falling apart. DO NOT come here. I came as a freshman, lived on campus and experienced the worst. The administration does not communicate between offices or with students. Academic advising is useless and will trick students into staying more than four years. Hawaii is beautiful for a vacation, living here is not what you expect.
Overall 1.4
HPU will take advantage of their students for their money. So much money goes into the dorms and food and the students are given nothing in return. They're doing something sketch with their money, its not your moneys worth AT ALL. And safety the campus is next to down town also there were incidents of creeps on campus and harassing students.
Overall 1.5
very unique experienc, campus is sketchy and housing is crazy expensive but aloha tower dorms are amazing . I transferred because after freshman year finding housing is IMPOSSIBLE. I lived at the apartments recommended by hpu and had to walk through homeless peoples pee to take a bus to the campus. Classes are a joke and Degree is useless
Overall 1.7
Overpriced. Its like a community college but you're paying a university tuition. Financial Office does not care to help or set up payment plans. Expect to pay up front or have holds on your account the rest of the year. Which means you cant see grades, education plan etc. As for Academic Advisors. You are on your own. Don't go here. You will regret
Overall 1.7
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