Hawaii Pacific University

Randolph Goldman

Dr. Goldman is an excellent professor with an immense knowledge of mathematics and a brilliant analytical mind. He is also a great coach, challenging ...

Christian Gloria

Dr. Gloria, encourages us to produce great work and inspires us to do great things for our community.

Sung Kang

He gives a lot of reading assignments and has a pop quiz on that reading assignment.

Eric Drabkin

As a marketing major, I could care less about the required 3 ECON classes, as well as the required accounting and finance classes. I'm not a numbers g...

Hung Lu

Good professor. All the tests are online except for the final. My only problem with the class were the online tests. The tests online did not match up...

Kimo Armitage

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University Reviews

Great location. Professors have real-life experience. Classes are no bigger than 30 students. Cheaper than any other university in the state if you are an out-of-state student. Modern facilities, continually innovating and looking for better solutions. Most diverse university in the US with students from more than 60 different countries. Love it!

A ton of my friends transferred to UH or back home right after first semester of freshman year. HPU isn't for everyone. I personally enjoy it. It's not your typical college campus so you'll have to try extra hard to find friends if you're not pretty social. The campus is sketch but I like the class sizes and the professors are always so helpful :)

UH Manoa, HPU what's the difference? If you don't dorm here or play a certain sport here, good luck getting a social life. I've only had 1 out of 5 great teachers here, but its Hawaii, this state has bad teachers anyway. Some of upper heads don't even care to help, so management is mediocre at best. Your best bet at a Hawaii college is Chaminade.

I would rather go to UH

Disorganized graduate programs and the professors revel in punitive measures above education. I will never encourage anyone to attend this school - ever. And, if I had the option to transfer I would have done so already.

Honestly, the only thing going for this school is the Military Campus Program and the instructors (for the most part) within. The administration is terrible and is of no assistance, outside of MCP. It is extremely overpriced, if not using GI with Yellow Ribbon. Downtown Campus is shady and in a mall. I wouldn't suggest attending without GI bill

This university truly is what you make of it - there are many opportunities to get involved and do some amazing things, but you have to work and reach out for them. The people here are genuinely nice and Hawai'i is a very safe place to live, though the downtown area can be sketchy. Small school so you get to know the wonderful profs very well!

Takes time to adjust but a great place to go to school. Getting better every day.

HPU has a few good Professors, but the few bad teachers can make it a bad experience for any student. Hawaii is an awesome location, but HPU Loa campus is isolated and the down town campus has a lot of homeless and drug addicts. I attended HPU because of its military programs, but I would not pay the high prices they charge for sub-par education

The downtown campus is, well, unique; it is inside a mall. But, in near to every military installation, there is a satellite campus. This makes it very convenient for vets to obtain degrees, which is amazing. The professor's are great, for the most part. Musubi Rolls and sushi, food is amazing! Wouldn't feel as safe at downtown campus as MCPs.

While the website and campus tours may make this place out to be idyllic, have to admit the it's not like that . HLC is surrounded by virtually nothing and the campus is run down. The shuttle is unreliable and you WILL be late to classes. Classes are uninteresting and there's lack of support from the limited academic advisors that are here.

I've been at the downtown campus for the past 4 years. If you're looking for a typical college experience complete with a social life, real dorms, safe campus, etc. LOOK ELSEWHERE! HPU is more of a commuter campus, perfect for older students, introverts, etc. HPU tries, it does, but it's not a real college experience.

Really know what you're getting yourself into. This is not your typical college. Split campuses, expensive dorming, lack of opportunities, downtown campus has many sketchy people, and the education doesn't quite live up to the tuition you pay. PLEASE do your research/ visit the campuses before committing to this university. It may change your mind

Hawaii Pacific University has a diverse, expansive campus. This includes the downtown campus and the Kaneohe campus as well as Aloha Tower area. Fort st has many restaurants, a Walmart, and many other convenient stores. Classes are great and location is also reasonable. The last four years I've been here have been great. I love my university.