This is a list of college athletics programs in the U.S. state of Hawaii.
Team | School | City | Conference | Sport sponsorship | ||||||
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Football | Basketball | Baseball | Softball | Soccer | ||||||
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Hawaii Rainbow Warriors and Rainbow Wahine | University of Hawaii at Manoa | Honolulu | Big West | FBS [lower-alpha 1] |
Team | School | City | Conference | Sport sponsorship | |||||
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Basketball | Baseball | Softball | Soccer | ||||||
M | W | M | W | ||||||
Chaminade Silverswords | Chaminade University of Honolulu | Honolulu | PacWest | ||||||
Hawaii-Hilo Vulcans | University of Hawaii at Hilo | Hilo | PacWest | ||||||
Hawaii Pacific Sharks | Hawaii Pacific University | Honolulu | PacWest |
Team | School | City | Conference | Division | Defunct |
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BYU-Hawaii Seasiders | Brigham Young University-Hawaii | Laie | PacWest | NCAA Division II | 2016–17 |
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