by our College Data Analytics TeamCollege Factual produces its Best Quality Schools rankings on a yearly basis to recognize those graduate schools that provide an excellent educational experience and are dedicated to helping their students succeed. Our methodology places a high weight on things such as post-graduation wages, time to graduate, and student-per-faculty ratio. Post-graduation debt, faculty and staff diversity, and other factors are also taken into account.
In College Factual's 2024 ranking of the Best Master's Degree Schools in the U.S., University of Hawaii at Hilo landed the #1067 spot out of the 1149 schools analyzed for this list.
For the Best Master's Degree Schools in Hawaii, UH Hilo came in at #4.
There were 676 college and universities analyzed in the 2024 Best Doctorate Schools in the United States ranking, and UH Hilo took the #515 spot on the list.
UH Hilo also ranked #3 for Best Doctorate Degree Schools in Hawaii.
Athough the male-female ratio may vary depending on the degree program, 66.8% of the total graduate students at UH Hilo are women and 33.2% are men.
About 81.8% of the graduate students who attend UH Hilo are from a racial-ethnic minority group*. Americans aren't the only ones who appreciate the graduate programs at UH Hilo. Around 2.6% of graduate students are international. For more details on graduate school diversity at the school, check out the chart below. If you click on it, you'll be taken to a page with more details.
The average graduate full-time tuition and fees is shown in the table below.
| In-State | Out-of-State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $11,736 | $26,568 |
| Fees | $494 | $494 |
After obtaining their master's degree from UH Hilo, graduates go on to jobs earning an average starting salary of $50,122. Unfortunately for those graduates, that figure is about 14% lower than the national average of $58,425.
After obtaining their doctorate degree from UH Hilo, graduates go on to jobs earning an average starting salary of $97,234. That's good news for those graduates since it is 29% higher than the national average of $75,260.
Get more details about the location of University of Hawaii at Hilo.
Contact details for UH Hilo are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 200 W Kawili St, Hilo, HI 96720-4091 |
| Phone: | 808-932-7446 |
| Website: | https://hilo.hawaii.edu/ |
During the 2020-2021 academic year, 37.7% of the graduate students at UH Hilo took at least one online course. Roughly 27.1% of all grad students took courses exclusively online.
The only degree programs listed here are those in which master’s degrees were awarded in 2020-2021.
| Master’s Degree Program | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology | 24 |
| Natural Resources Conservation | 17 |
| Teacher Education Grade Specific | 13 |
Just like the master’s degree programs, only programs that had doctorate degrees awarded in 2020-2021 are shown here.
| Doctorate Degree Program | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Nursing | 8 |
| Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences | 79 |
Footnotes
*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.
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