University of Hawaii at Hilo
Hilo, HI · public · 2,160 undergraduates
Which tennis teams does University of Hawaii at Hilo field?
University of Hawaii at Hilo, in Hilo, HI, fields 2 tennis teams, men's tennis and women's tennis, competing in NCAA Division II as a member of the Pacific West Conference.
The women's roster is the larger of the two, 8 players against 6, in the school's latest Equity in Athletics filing.
University of Hawaii at Hilo's men's tennis roster is smaller than it was: 6 players in 2025, down from 8 in 2020. That 2025 roster is well below the Pacific West Conference median of 11, by 43%, and about the same distance from the NCAA Division II median. University of Hawaii at Hilo lists a single head coach and no assistant on the 2025 filing for men's tennis, which works out to about 6 players per coach, well above the Pacific West Conference median of 4.3, by 41%.
University of Hawaii at Hilo's women's tennis roster has moved around, as low as 8 in 2020 and as high as 13 in 2021, and ended 2025 at 8. That 2025 roster is 20% below the Pacific West Conference median of 10, and about the same distance from the NCAA Division II median. University of Hawaii at Hilo lists a single head coach and no assistant on the 2025 filing for women's tennis, which works out to about 8 players per coach, well above the Pacific West Conference median of 5, by 60%.
Each team page below covers roster size and its trend, coaching staff, spending per player against conference and division medians, and what the school and town are like for a recruit.
How does University of Hawaii at Hilo fund its athletes?
University of Hawaii at Hilo reported 237 athletes across all sports in its 2025 Equity in Athletics filing, 123 men and 114 women, close to an even split.
Athletically related student aid came to $1,539,981, about $6,236 per male athlete and $6,780 per female athlete across all sports; tennis's share of that is not reported separately, so a recruit should ask the coach directly what a tennis award typically covers.
Recruiting spending was $12,556 for men's sports and $10,167 for women's, roughly balanced between the two, or about $102 and $89 per athlete.
What is University of Hawaii at Hilo like academically?
University of Hawaii at Hilo is a mid-sized public university offering graduate degrees that admits 61% of applicants, moderately selective by national standards, where the median college admits 78%.
Admitted students' SAT scores average 1028.
The full cost of attendance is around $21,173 a year, below the national median of $25,497, but the average family paid about $11,856 after grants and scholarships, in the below the median nationally, so aid covers roughly 44% of the sticker price on average.
Tuition is $7,838 for HI residents and $20,798 for out-of-state students, a difference that matters when an athletic scholarship covers a fixed share.
40% of undergraduates receive federal Pell grants, a sign the school enrolls many families with limited income.
48% of students finish their degree within six years, below the median of 52% and 73% of first-year students return for a second year.
Ten years after enrolling, former students earn a median of $47,856, above the median of $40,747.
What can you study at University of Hawaii at Hilo?
No single field dominates: the largest, Health Professions, is 14% of degrees, with Business, Management & Marketing, Biological & Biomedical Sciences and others close behind.
The bachelor's degree programs below awarded the most degrees in the most recent College Scorecard field-of-study data.
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (89 degrees)
- Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Sciences, and Administration (69 degrees)
- Psychology, General (62 degrees)
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (57 degrees)
- Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness (50 degrees)
- Communication and Media Studies (47 degrees)
- Biology, General (30 degrees)
- Ecology, Evolution, Systematics, and Population Biology (30 degrees)
- Agriculture, General (23 degrees)
- Criminal Justice and Corrections (19 degrees)
What is Hilo, HI like to live in?
University of Hawaii at Hilo sits in Hilo, a remote town of about 48,000 people in Hawaii County, Hawaii.
The median household in Hilo earns about $78,713, which is below the Hawaii median ($98,317) but about the national median ($78,538).
Housing is where the area is cheapest: a typical owner-occupied home is valued around $455,100, 44% below the Hawaii median and a typical rent of $1,347 a month is 30% under the state figure.
Getting around is quick: the average commute is 20 minutes against a national average near 27, and most people drive.
The population skews older than the country as a whole, a median age of 43 against 39, with 23% aged 65 or over.
Frequently asked questions
- Does University of Hawaii at Hilo have a tennis program?
- Yes. University of Hawaii at Hilo fields men's tennis (NCAA Division II, Pacific West Conference) and women's tennis (NCAA Division II, Pacific West Conference), per its Equity in Athletics filing to the U.S. Department of Education.
- Where is University of Hawaii at Hilo?
- University of Hawaii at Hilo is in Hilo, HI, in the Far West region of the United States.
- How much does University of Hawaii at Hilo cost?
- The College Scorecard lists an average cost of attendance of $21,173 a year, and an average net price of $11,856 after grants and scholarships.