Hawaii has 6 private and 4 public 4-year colleges that enroll 5,409 first-year students yearly. The average tuition of public colleges is $16,221 for in-state students and $29,493 for out-of-state and international students.

Private colleges in Hawaii charge around $36,366 per year in tuition regardless of residency.

In the 2021-2022 academic year, Hawaii provided $1.6 million in financial aid to 612 students who enrolled in 4-year colleges for the first time as undergraduates. In addition, the colleges themselves awarded $24.3 million in grants and scholarships to 2,736 students.

Hawaii receives less than 1% of the total pell grant the federal government allocates. In the 2021-2022 academic year, 1,255 4-year college first-year undergraduates were awarded a total amount of $6.4 million in pell grant ($4,514 per student on average), and 1,173 students received a total amount of $6.2 million in the form of student loans from the federal government ($5,167 per student on average).