Fall 2008 New Arrival Student’s Demographic & Academic Profile

Based on the end of 1st week of classes (PRECEN1) total population of 3778:

1)There were 1,215 (32.15%) students with UH Hilo Academic History Start Term Summer 2008 or Fall 2008.

2)Of these 1,215:

Type / # / % / Average age
First Time Freshmen / 548 / 45.10% / 18
Others / 667 / 54.90% / 25

3)Of 1,215 Freshman and Transfer/Other students by gender:

First Time Freshman / Female / 312 / 25.68%
Male / 214 / 17.61%
No data / 22 / 1.81%
Others / Female / 413 / 33.99%
Male / 244 / 20.08%
No data / 10 / 0.82%

4)Of 1,215 Freshman and Transfer/Other students by Hawaii residency:

First Time Freshman / Resident / 405 / 33.3%
Non-resident / 143 / 11.8%
Others / Resident / 339 / 27.9%
Non-resident / 328 / 27.0%

5)Of 1,215 Freshman and Transfer/Other Students by FT/PT enrollment Status:

Type / FT_PT_STAT / # / %
First Time Freshman / FT / 530 / 43.6%
PT / 18 / 1.5%
Others / FT / 519 / 42.7%
PT / 148 / 12.2%

6)By Ethnicity, the 1,215 new arrival students primarily self-identified as:

1 / African American or Black / 15 / 1.2%
2 / Amer Indian or Alaskan Native / 15 / 1.2%
3 / Asian Indian / 2 / 0.2%
3 / Chinese / 30 / 2.5%
3 / Filipino / 72 / 5.9%
3 / Guamanian or Chamorro / 1 / 0.1%
3 / Japanese / 111 / 9.1%
3 / Korean / 35 / 2.9%
3 / Micronesian (not GC) / 7 / 0.6%
3 / Mixed Asian / 51 / 4.2%
3 / Mixed Pacific Islander / 8 / 0.7%
3 / Native Hawaiian or Part-Hawn / 267 / 22.0%
3 / Other Asian / 5 / 0.4%
3 / Other Pacific Islander / 6 / 0.5%
3 / Pacific Islander / 38 / 3.1%
3 / Samoan / 2 / 0.2%
3 / Vietnamese / 13 / 1.1%
4 / Hispanic / 18 / 1.5%
4 / Mixed Hispanic / 15 / 1.2%
4 / Puerto Rican / 2 / 0.2%
5 / Caucasian or White / 359 / 29.5%
5 / Portuguese / 4 / 0.3%
6 / Mixed Race (2 or more) / 114 / 9.4%
6 / No Data / 25 / 2.1%

7)Independent of Primary ethnic identification, the number of Freshman and Transfer/Other students indicating ancestry in the Hawaiian Islands prior to Captain Cook: =280

FIRST_TIME_FR_IRO / HAWAIIAN_IRO / # / %
First Time Freshman / Yes / 164 / 13.5%
No / 384 / 31.6%
Others / Yes / 116 / 9.5%
No / 551 / 45.3%

8)Of 744 Hawaii residents among the 1,215 new arrival students—the student’s island/region of origin within the state are as follows:

Unidentified Island / 21 / 2.8%
Hawaii / 471 / 63.3%
Kauai / 40 / 5.4%
Lanai / 5 / 0.7%
Maui / 45 / 6.0%
Molokai / 9 / 1.2%
Oahu East Honolulu / 7 / 0.9%
Oahu Honolulu / 49 / 6.6%
Oahu Leeward / 57 / 7.7%
Oahu Windward / 40 / 5.4%

9)Of 744 Hawaii residents among the 1,215 new arrival students—the type of High School students had graduated from is noted below:

HIGH_SCH_TYPE_IRO / # / %
Hawaii Private / 176 / 23.7%
Hawaii Public / 443 / 59.5%
Home Schooled / 3 / 0.4%

10)Of 471 Non-Hawaii residents who were Fall 2008 new arrivals—the student’s state of permanent residency is indicated as follows:

California / 82 / 17.4%
Hawaii / 33 / 7.0%
Colorado / 24 / 5.1%
Washington / 22 / 4.7%
Minnesota / 15 / 3.2%
Alaska / 13 / 2.8%
Oregon / 12 / 2.5%
Arizona / 9 / 1.9%
Massachusetts / 9 / 1.9%
Michigan / 8 / 1.7%
Utah / 8 / 1.7%
Idaho / 7 / 1.5%
Pennslyvania / 7 / 1.5%
Wisconsin / 7 / 1.5%
American Samoa / 6 / 1.3%
North Carolina / 6 / 1.3%
Texas / 6 / 1.3%
Connecticut / 5 / 1.1%
Florida / 5 / 1.1%
Illinois / 5 / 1.1%
New Mexico / 5 / 1.1%
New York / 5 / 1.1%
Ohio / 5 / 1.1%
Vermont / 5 / 1.1%
Marshall Islands / 4 / 0.8%
Montana / 4 / 0.8%
Oklahoma / 3 / 0.6%
Palau / 3 / 0.6%
Tennessee / 3 / 0.6%
Virginia / 3 / 0.6%
Guam / 3 / 0.6%
Maryland / 2 / 0.4%
Wyoming / 2 / 0.4%
South Dakota / 2 / 0.4%
Nevada / 2 / 0.4%
Northern MariannaIslands / 2 / 0.4%
Indiana / 2 / 0.4%
Federated States of Micronesia / 2 / 0.4%
Delaware / 2 / 0.4%
District of Columbia / 2 / 0.4%
AP / 2 / 0.4%
Alabama / 2 / 0.4%
Iowa / 2 / 0.4%
North Dakota / 2 / 0.4%
Arkansas / 1 / 0.2%
New Jersey / 1 / 0.2%
New Hampshire / 1 / 0.2%
NE / 1 / 0.2%
Missouri / 1 / 0.2%
Louissianna / 1 / 0.2%
FC / 1 / 0.2%
Rhode Island / 1 / 0.2%
Georgia / 1 / 0.2%

11) Of 1,215 new arrival freshman and transfer students, 119 are indicated as having nations of citizenship other than the United States. 18 of these are first time freshman and 101 are transfer students. Collectively these new arrival students come from 26 different countries.

12) 667 new arrival students who were not first time freshman can be characterized as follows:

EDLVL_IRO / # / %
Unclassified / 48 / 0.7196
Freshman / 110 / 0.164918
Sophomore / 126 / 0.188906
Junior / 140 / 0.209895
Senior / 64 / 0.095952
First Professional / 89 / 0.133433
Masters / 28 / 0.041979
Unclassified Graduate Student / 20 / 0.029985