Second Baccalaureate Degree

Applicants for a second bachelor’s degree must meet admission and graduation requirements of UH Mānoa, the college/school and the academic specialization. Priority for admission and registration is given to students seeking their first bachelor’s degree. 

Applications must be received by the Office of Admissions and Records by the established deadlines.  Complete applications contain all the materials required by Admissions and Records.  In addition, the application must include a typewritten or computer printed, signed statement explaining how the second degree will help the applicant attain his or her personal, academic and professional goals.

Applications for a second baccalaureate degree will be considered only if there is a demonstrable difference in curricula and objectives between the two degrees and majors and if the applicant has a superior grade point average and shows strong promise of success in the proposed second degree. Second degree students must earn a minimum of 30 credits at UH Mānoa upon admission as a second baccalaureate degree student while continuously enrolled in the colleges, and must satisfy all degree requirements current at the time of official admission into the program. Admitted students should confer with their academic advisors about graduation requirements. Students must meet the application deadlines set by the university.  Incomplete or late applications will not be considered.

PLEASE NOTE: Some degree/majors have admission requirements.  Check the catalog (www.catalog.hawaii.edu) or departmental websites (http://www.hawaii.edu/admrec/deptinfo.html) for more information.

Additional links of interest:

Frequently Asked Questions by 2nd Bachelor's students (Link)

Post-Baccalaureate Second Major Option (Link)

Applying to the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa (Link)

Second Bachelor's Degree Policy - December 10, 2003 (Link)