Overall Rating Bronze
Overall Score 26.67
Liaison Laurel Pikcunas
Submission Date March 3, 2022

STARS v2.2

University of Hawaii Hawaii Community College-Hilo
PA-8: Affordability and Access

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 2.23 / 4.00 Matthew K Lynch
Director, Sustainability Initaitives
Office of Sustainability
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Provide at least one of the following figures:

Percentage of need met, on average, for students who were awarded any need-based aid :
37.20

Percentage of students graduating without student loan debt:
89.60

Percentage of entering students that are low-income:
41

Graduation/success rate for low-income students:
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Optional Fields

A brief description of notable policies or programs to make the institution accessible and affordable to low-income students:
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A brief description of notable policies or programs to support non-traditional students:
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Estimated percentage of students that participate in or directly benefit from the institution’s policies and programs to support low-income and non-traditional students:
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Website URL where information about the institution’s accessibility and affordability initiatives is available:
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Additional documentation to support the submission:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
UH Office of Sustainability provided support for data collection in this credit. All data is pulled from the University of Hawai‘i System Institutional Research, Analysis, and Planning Office, Management and Planning Support (MAPS) webpage
https://data.hawaii.edu/#/home

Indicator 1 is based percentage of need met for the direct cost of tuition, not the total cost of living. This can be found in the dataset: STUDENT FINANCIAL AID ASSISTANCE - UNMET NEED REPORT UNDERGRADUATE RESIDENT STUDENTS WHO COMPLETED A FAFSA

Indicator 2 is from the dataset: STUDENT LOAN INDEBTEDNESS REPORT UNDERGRADUATE NON-TRANSFER STUDENTS (100 - 10.4 = 89.6)

Indicator 3 is from the dataset: STUDENT FINANCIAL AID ASSISTANCE - PERCENT ENROLLED COMPLETED FAFSA OR RECEIVED PELL UNDERGRADUATE CLASSIFIED QUALIFIED STUDENTS

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