2022 Best Value Communications Schools for a Master’s in Hawaii For Those Getting Aid

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Communications Schools for a Master’s in Hawaii For Those Getting Aid” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 68,079 communication and media studies students received their degree, making the major the 9th most popular in the country. 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 master’s degree level specifically, there were 19 communication and media studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $49,195 and $40,792 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Communications Schools for a Master’s in Hawaii For Those Getting Aid” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in communication and media studies. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great communication and media studies programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the communication and media studies program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Communications Schools for a Master’s in Hawaii For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Communications Schools for a Master’s in Hawaii For Those Getting Aid.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Communication & Media Studies in Hawaii (With Aid)

#1

University of Hawaii at Manoa

Honolulu, Hawaii

#1 in overall quality

$34,550 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Communications Schools for a Master’s in Hawaii For Those Getting Aid 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 awarded 12 degrees to qualified masters’s communications students in 2019-2020.

UH Manoa also made our “Best Communication & Media Studies Master’s Degree Schools in Hawaii” list, coming in at #1. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of Hawaii at Manoa are $34,550.

Read more about Communication & Media Studies at UH Manoa

#2

Hawaii Pacific University

Honolulu, Hawaii

$20,600 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$36,132 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Hawaii Pacific University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Communications Schools for a Master’s in Hawaii For Those Getting Aid list. Hawaii Pacific University is located in Honolulu, Hawaii and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 7 masters’s communications degrees to qualified students.

Hawaii Pacific University not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #0 on our “Best Communication & Media Studies Master’s Degree Schools in Hawaii” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Hawaii Pacific University are $20,600, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Communication & Media Studies at Hawaii Pacific University

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Communication & Media Studies in the Far Western US Region (With Aid)
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Communication & Media Studies (With Aid)

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.

Credits

• Credit for the banner image above goes to UNU-WIDER from Helsinki, Finland.

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