Private schools worldwide have low down their increase in tuition fees in order for families to cope up with the hard economic times. Instead of raising tuitions in the most profitable manner, private schools increase fees above break-even still assuring the survival of their respective institutions.

A fine example is the private education institutions in Hawaii where most of them barely increased a 2.9 – 3.8, percent of the whole tuition fees. Hawaii Preparatory Academy (considered as the most expensive school of Hawaii) made a $500 difference from $19,900, this coming school year from $19,200 last year.

Punahou School also made a $500 (2.8 percent) increase from its school tuition compared to last years 3.8 percent tuition hike and increased its financial aid budget to $ 4.4 million providing need-based financial aid to some 495 students.

Mid-Pacific Institute also raised $500 in their tuition fees for the incoming year. Administrators rationalized the increase in support for the school’s rising expenses such as; employee health insurance to supplies to electricity.

Iolani School will have an increase of 3.5 percent $16,150 on private high school tuition this academic year compared to a 4.7 percent last year. And granted 12 percent increase in financial aid budget amounting to $2.9 million.

High school tuition at Le Jardin Academy increased $300 to $14,000 tuition. Damien Memorial School also had the same increase from $9,875 to its high school tuition. While
Pacific Buddhist Academy with 64 students from grades 9-12 increased about $800 from $10,000 due to a noticeable decline in donations. Damien Memorial School also had the same increase from $9,875 to its high school tuition.

Administrators claimed that such increase would be too risky due to the rising cost of educational equipments and resources and they don’t promise that such tuition fees will not rise in the following years.