2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Communication & Media Studies (Income $75-$110k) in Hawaii

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Communications Schools for a Bachelor’s in Hawaii For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

With 68,079 degrees handed out in 2019-2020, communication and media studies is the 9th most popular major in the United States. In 2017-2018, communication and media studies graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $32,728 and had an average of $24,931 in loans still to pay off.

Across Hawaii, there were 242 communication and media studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $26,600 and $21,102 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 223 communication and media studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,142 and $24,022 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Communications Schools for a Bachelor’s in Hawaii For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in communication and media studies. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent communication and media studies programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the communication and media studies program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value Communications Schools for a Bachelor’s in Hawaii For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Value Communications Schools for a Bachelor’s in Hawaii For Those Making $75-$110k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Communications Schools for a Bachelor’s in Hawaii For Those Making $75-$110k.

Top 3 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Communication & Media Studies (Income $75-$110k) in Hawaii

#1

University of Hawaii at Manoa

Honolulu, Hawaii

#1 in overall quality

$18,547 Average Net Price

$30,972 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Communications Schools for a Bachelor’s in Hawaii For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Hawaii at Manoa landed the #1 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Honolulu, Hawaii, and it awarded 143 bachelors’s communications degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UH Manoa, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Hawaii” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for UH Manoa is $18,547 for Hawaii Bachelor’s Degree Communications students whose families make $75-$110k.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 3.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full University of Hawaii at Manoa Communication & Media Studies Report

#2

University of Hawaii at Hilo

Hilo, Hawaii

#3 in overall quality

$17,139 Average Net Price

$27,822 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Communications Schools for a Bachelor’s in Hawaii For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Hawaii at Hilo landed the #2 spot on the list. Hilo, Hawaii is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s communications degrees to 34 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UH Hilo, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Hawaii” ranking. The yearly cost to attend UH Hilo is $17,139 for hawaii bachelor’s degree communications students whose families make $75-$110k.

Read full report on Communication & Media Studies at University of Hawaii at Hilo

#3

Hawaii Pacific University

Honolulu, Hawaii

#2 in overall quality

$28,376 Average Net Price

$37,568 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Hawaii Pacific University. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Communications Schools for a Bachelor’s in Hawaii For Those Making $75-$110k list. Hawaii Pacific University is a small school located in Honolulu, Hawaii that handed out 12 bachelors’s communications degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Hawaii Pacific University, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Hawaii” ranking. It costs about $28,376 for Hawaii Bachelor’s Degree Communications students whose families make $75-$110k per year to attend Hawaii Pacific University.

Full Hawaii Pacific University Communication & Media Studies Report

• Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Communication & Media Studies (Income $75-$110k) in the Far Western US Region
• Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Communication & Media Studies (Income $75-$110k)

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).
• 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

Footnotes

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
• 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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• Credit for the banner image above goes to UNU-WIDER from Helsinki, Finland.

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