U.S. News and World Report: UH Hilo one of nation’s most diverse campuses
UH Hilo retained its No. 1 ranking as one of the nation’s most ethnically diverse campuses, tying for the top spot with Stanford University, University of San Francisco, and University of Nevada, Las Vegas.
The University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo continued its reign as one of the most ethnically diverse campuses in the U.S. and is among the UH System’s four-year campuses featured in U.S. News and World Report’s 2022 Best Colleges rankings. U.S. News and World Report rated 1,466 eligible universities from approximately 2,700 four-year institutions nationwide on 17 measures of academic quality. The latest rankings were released on Sept. 12.
“Our diversity is one of UH Hilo’s greatest strengths,” says Chancellor Bonnie D. Irwin.
UH Hilo retained its No. 1 ranking as one of the nation’s most ethnically diverse campuses, tying for the top spot with Stanford University, University of San Francisco, and University of Nevada, Las Vegas.
Students at UH Hilo in fall 2020 reported being
- 15.5% Asian
- 8.3% Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander
- 9.1% white, and
- 37.3% of two or more races.
“It contributes to a great environment both in and out of the classroom for our students to learn from one another,” adds Irwin. “I am proud that we can provide an educational home here in Hilo, itself a diverse city, for such a wide array of students.”
UH Hilo also ranked No. 30 in social mobility, No. 147 as a top U.S. public school and No. 288 overall in the nation. In addition, UH Hilo’s School of Nursing is the No. 148 best undergraduate nursing program in the U.S. and the College of Business and Economics placed No. 278 among the best undergraduate business programs.
Data was derived from each institution’s Fall 2020 total undergraduate degree-seeking student body as reported to U.S. News & World Report.
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