After 50 years of educational excellence, BYU-Hawaii focuses on educating the minds, hearts and character of our students, sharpening their integrity and their desires to serve. It develops leadership skills in a harmonious multicultural environment, preparing students to embrace the opportunities and challenges of an increasingly global world.
Brigham Young University Hawaii—founded by prophets and operated by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints—exists to assist individuals in their quest for perfection and eternal life and in their efforts to influence the establishment of peace internationally.
It seeks to accomplish this by: educating the minds and spirits of students within an intercultural, gospel-centered environment and curriculum that increases faith in God and the Restored Gospel, is intellectually enlarging, is character building, and leads to a life of learning and service; preparing men and women with the intercultural and leadership skills necessary to promote world peace and international brotherhood, to address world problems, and to be a righteous influence in families, professions, civic responsibilities, social affiliations, and the Church; extending the blessings of learning to members of the Church, particularly in Asia and the Pacific; developing friends for the University and the Church; and maintaining a commitment to operational efficiency and continuous improvement.
Brigham Young University-Hawaii (BYUH) is a private co-educational university in the town of Lā‘ie thirty-five miles from Honolulu, Hawai‘i on the windward coast of the island of O‘ahu in the United States. Brigham Young University-Hawaii is an undergraduate institution that educates some 2,400 students from Asia, the Pacific islands, the U.S., and other parts of the world, representing over 70 countries. Although it shares a common name with Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah, it is in reality a sister-school (as opposed to a branch campus or satellite school), along with Brigham Young University-Idaho. Brigham Young University-Hawaii is affiliated with The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and named after religious leader and politician Brigham Young. The school maintains a strong partnership with the Polynesian Cultural Center (PCC), the largest living museum in the State of Hawai‘i. The PCC employs roughly 700 students from Brigham Young University-Hawaii, many of whom would be unable to attend the university without such employment.
Steven C. Wheelwright began his presidency of BYU-Hawaii in 2007, and the university is run under the auspices of LDS Church Educational System.
The LDS Church was established in the islands in 1850 following the Edict of Toleration promulgated by Kamehameha III, giving the underground Hawai‘i Catholic Church the right to worship while at the same time allowing other faith traditions to begin establishing themselves.
Brigham Young University Hawaii was founded in September 1955 as Church College of Hawaii to accommodate the burgeoning LDS population in the Territory of Hawai‘i. This was largely a result of Church President David O. McKay's views on both education and strenthening the church outside of its longtime inter-Mountain West United States base. The college was reorganized in 1959 to become a four-year college. LDS elders established the Polynesian Cultural Center in November 1963 as a means of preserving the Pacific cultures that the Latter-day Saints had encountered in their missionary work. The center also provided jobs for students of the college. In 1974, Church College of Hawaii was elevated to the rank of university by the Church Board of Education and renamed.
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| Percent of Students International: | 44% |
| On-Campus Housing Available: | Yes |
| Percent of Students Living On-Campus: | 69% |
| Freshman Students Required to Live on Campus: | No |
| Member of: | NAA, NCAA |
| Sports Include: |
Basketball (Pacific West Conference) Track (Pacific West Conference) |
| Tuition & Fees (undergraduate) | Expenses | ||
Average Tuition for Full-Time Undergrads: |
$ 2,760 | ||
| Financial Aid | Avg. Amount Received | % of Students Receiving Aid | |
Federal Grants: |
$ 2,719 | 11% | |
Institutional Grants: |
$ 4,346 | 60% | |
Student Loans: |
$ 2,165 | 16% | |
Any Aid: |
68% |
| Acceptance Rate: | 11% (Most Selective) |
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| SAT Scores: | |
| % of Students Submitting SAT Scores: | 6% |
| Bottom 25th Percentile: | Verbal: 505, Math: 555 |
| Top 75th Percentile: | Verbal: 630, Math: 630 |
| ACT Scores: | |
| % of Students Submitting ACT Scores: | 41% |
| Bottom 25th Percentile: | Composite: 20, Verbal: 19, Math: 20 |
| Top 75th Percentile: | Composite: 26, Verbal: 26, Math: 26 |
| Application Fee: | $ 30.00 |
| Formal Demonstration of Competencies: | Not Required |
| High School Diploma or Equivalent: | Recommended |
| High School GPA: | Required |
| High School Rank: | Recommended |
| High School Record: | Required |
| Recommendations: | Required |
| TOEFL: | Required |
| Test Scores: | Required |
