Cost of college went up for all students at the University of Hawaii at Hilo

In-state tuition and fees rose 0.9 percent for 2018-19 at the University of Hawaii at Hilo, according to recent data from the U.S. Department of Education.

Hawaii residents paid $7,720 to attend the four-year public institution this year – $72 more than the $7,648 charged for 2017-18.

Non-residents paid 167.9 percent more than residents this year, or $20,680. Their price tag grew 0.3 percent from $20,608 in 2017-18.

About 70 percent of the school's undergraduate population are Hawaii residents. About 27 percent are residents of other states and 3 percent are citizens of other countries.

Data shows 86 percent of full-time undergraduates who started school in 2015-16 received student financial aid in some form. In all, 303 students received grants or scholarships totaling $2 million and 198 students took out student loans totaling more than $1.2 million.

Including all undergraduates (3,406), 2,112 students used grants or scholarships totaling $18 million, and 1,247 students took out $8.8 million in federal student loans.

	Enrollment	2015-16	2016-17	2017-18	2018-19	Change in tuition and fees 2015-16 to 2018-19
In-state	~2,384	$7,332	$7,650	$7,648	$7,720	5.3%
Out-of-state	~920	$19,788	$20,610	$20,608	$20,680	4.5%

The following data includes only full-time students who began an undergraduate program at the University of Hawaii at Hilo in 2015-16.

Type of Aid	Number of students receiving aid	Percent receiving aid	Total amount of aid received	Average amount of aid per student
Federal grants	178	44%	$859,579	$4,829
State / local grant or scholarship	42	10%	$157,887	$3,759
Institutional grants or scholarships	231	57%	$966,380	$4,183
Grant or scholarship aid total	303	74%	$1,983,846	$6,547
Federal student loans	192	47%	$958,423	$4,992
Other student loans	34	8%	$276,756	$8,140
Student loan aid	198	49%	$1,235,179	$6,238
Total student aid	352	86%	-	-