2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Hawaii for Hospitality
3
Ranked Colleges
371
Degrees Awarded
$25,700
Avg Cost*
With all of the options veterans have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Most Veteran Friendly in Hawaii for Hospitality” ranking.
Hospitality Management is the 66th most popular major in the country with 17,689 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, hospitality management graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $35,874 and had an average of $22,906 in loans still to pay off.
Across Hawaii, there were 371 hospitality management graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,626 and $17,526 respectively.
For this year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in Hawaii for Hospitality” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree in hospitality management. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality hospitality management programs as well as strong veteran support.
When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the hospitality management program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran satisfaction. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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Most Veteran Friendly in Hawaii for Hospitality
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in Hawaii for Hospitality”.
Top 3 Best Hospitality Management Colleges for Veterans in Hawaii
Out of the 3 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in Hawaii for Hospitality that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Hawaii at Manoa landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Honolulu, Hawaii, this fairly large public school handed out 90 degrees to qualified ’s hospitality students in 2020-2021.
UH Manoa did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #[COLLEGE_QUALITY_RANK_ALL_LEVELS] on our “[COLLEGE_QUALITY_NAME_ALL_LEVELS]” list.According to our most recent data, UH Manoa supports 18,025 students, and 3 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 4 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $22,153. In addition to receiving other benefits, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. UH Manoa offers credit for military training for eligible students.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Full University of Hawaii at Manoa Veteran Student Life Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Kapiolani Community College. The school came in at #2 for the Most Veteran Friendly in Hawaii for Hospitality. Honolulu, Hawaii is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out ’s hospitality degrees to 176 students in 2020-2021.
Kapiolani CC also made our “[COLLEGE_QUALITY_NAME_ALL_LEVELS]” list, coming in at #[COLLEGE_QUALITY_RANK_ALL_LEVELS].Our most recent data shows that 415 of the 6,369 students enrolled at Kapiolani Community College were GI Bill® students, of which 360 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $1,923. In addition to receiving other benefits, 22 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Kapiolani Community College offers credit for military training for eligible students.
[Read full report on veteran student life at Kapiolani Community College]](/colleges/kapiolani-community-college/student-life/veterans/)
Out of the 3 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in Hawaii for Hospitality that were part of this year’s ranking, Brigham Young University - Hawaii landed the #3 spot on the list. Laie, Hawaii is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out ’s hospitality degrees to 49 students in 2020-2021.
BYU - H also took the #[COLLEGE_QUALITY_RANK_ALL_LEVELS] spot in our “[COLLEGE_QUALITY_NAME_ALL_LEVELS]” ranking.Our most recent data shows that 34 of the 3,180 students enrolled at Brigham Young University - Hawaii were GI Bill® students, of which 21 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $4,503. In addition to receiving other benefits, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Full BYU - H Veteran Student Life Report
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Notes and References
References
- The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of our data about colleges.
- Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
- Veteran-specific data can be found at the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs.
- Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.
Read more about our data sources and methodologies
- *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
- **GI Bill® student total includes all chapters of the GI Bill® program (e.g., Post-9/11, Montgomery GI Bill, Reserve Education Assistance Program, and Veteran Readiness and Employment)
- Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.
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