About 22.2 percent of the 942 degrees and certificates handed out by the University of Hawaii at Hilo in 2017-18 were to students in health professions and related programs, making them the most popular programs that year, according to the latest disclosure from the U.S. Department of Education.
The agency’s National Center for Education Statistics shows the public institution in Hilo conferred 129 bachelor’s degrees and 80 doctor’s degrees in health professions and related programs.
But the single most popular program was for a doctor’s degree in pharmacy. Data shows the school gave out 75 doctor’s degrees in pharmacy, followed by 75 bachelor’s degrees in kinesiology and exercise science and 69 bachelor’s degrees in pharmacy.
The university enrolled 3,406 students for 2017-18, including 2,816 in undergraduate programs and 590 in graduate programs.
| Program | Bachelor’s degrees awarded | Graduate and professional degrees awarded | Total degrees and certificates awarded | Percent of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pharmacy | 69 | 75 | 144 | |
| Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse | 60 | – | 60 | |
| Nursing Practice | – | 3 | 3 | |
| Pharmaceutical Sciences | – | 2 | 2 | |
| Health Professions and Related Programs total | 129 | 80 | 209 | 22.2 |
| Kinesiology and Exercise Science | 75 | – | 75 | |
| Parks, Recreation, Leisure, and Fitness Studies total | 75 | – | 75 | 8 |
| Sociology | 28 | – | 28 | |
| Political Science and Government, General | 21 | – | 21 | |
| Geography | 13 | – | 13 | |
| Anthropology | 10 | – | 10 | |
| Economics, General | 3 | – | 3 | |
| Social Sciences total | 75 | – | 75 | 8 |
| Biology/Biological Sciences, General | 40 | – | 40 | |
| Marine Biology and Biological Oceanography | 33 | – | 33 | |
| Biological And Biomedical Sciences total | 73 | – | 73 | 7.8 |
| Psychology, General | 57 | – | 57 | |
| Counseling Psychology | – | 11 | 11 | |
| Psychopharmacology | – | – | – | |
| Psychology total | 57 | 11 | 68 | 7.2 |
| Business Administration and Management, General | 45 | – | 45 | |
| Accounting | 21 | – | 21 | |
| Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services total | 66 | – | 66 | 7 |
| Speech Communication and Rhetoric | 48 | – | 48 | |
| Communication, Journalism, and Related Programs total | 48 | – | 48 | 5.1 |
| Education, General | – | 22 | 22 | |
| Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods, Other | – | 22 | 22 | |
| Education total | – | 44 | 44 | 4.7 |
| Criminal Justice/Safety Studies | 42 | – | 42 | |
| Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, Firefighting and Related Protective Services total | 42 | – | 42 | 4.5 |
| American Indian/Native American Studies | 16 | – | 16 | |
| Japanese Studies | 13 | – | 13 | |
| Women’s Studies | 6 | – | 6 | |
| Area, Ethnic, Cultural, Gender and Group Studies total | 35 | – | 35 | 3.7 |
| Environmental Science | 10 | 12 | 22 | |
| Environmental Studies | 9 | – | 9 | |
| Natural Resources and Conservation total | 19 | 12 | 31 | 3.3 |
| Agriculture, General | 26 | – | 26 | |
| Agriculture, Agriculture Operations, and Related Sciences total | 26 | – | 26 | 2.8 |
| Linguistics | 16 | – | 16 | |
| American Indian/Native American Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics | – | 8 | 8 | |
| Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics total | 16 | 8 | 24 | 2.6 |
| English Language and Literature, General | 22 | – | 22 | |
| English Language and Literature/Letters total | 22 | – | 22 | 2.3 |
| Geology/Earth Science, General | 9 | – | 9 | |
| Physics, General | 4 | – | 4 | |
| Chemistry, General | 4 | – | 4 | |
| Astronomy | 2 | – | 2 | |
| Physical Sciences total | 19 | – | 19 | 2 |
| Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies | 17 | – | 17 | |
| Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities total | 17 | – | 17 | 1.8 |
| Computer Science | 16 | – | 16 | |
| Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services total | 16 | – | 16 | 1.7 |
| Music, General | 9 | – | 9 | |
| Art/Art Studies, General | 5 | – | 5 | |
| Visual and Performing Arts total | 14 | – | 14 | 1.5 |
| History, General | 13 | – | 13 | |
| History total | 13 | – | 13 | 1.4 |
| Mathematics, General | 10 | – | 10 | |
| Mathematics and Statistics total | 10 | – | 10 | 1.1 |
| Philosophy | 8 | – | 8 | |
| Philosophy and Religious Studies total | 8 | – | 8 | 0.8 |
| Natural Sciences | 5 | – | 5 | |
| Cultural Resource Management and Policy Analysis | – | 2 | 2 | |
| Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies total | 5 | 2 | 7 | 0.7 |