2025 Best Communication & Media Studies Schools in Hawaii
3Colleges in Hawaii
241Communications Degrees Awarded
$36,850Avg Early-Career Salary
Ranked #10 in popularity, communication & media studies is one of the most sought-after degree programs in the nation. This means there are lots of options to choose from when you decide to get your degree.
In 2025, College Factual analyzed 3 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Communication & Media Studies Schools in Hawaii ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 241 degrees in communication & media studies annually.
Choosing a Great Communication & Media Studies School
The communications program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Communication & Media Studies rankings. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for communication & media studies schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
Communication & Media Studies Rankings by Degree Level
When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Communication & Media Studies Schools in Hawaii list to help you make the college decision.
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Best Schools for Communication & Media Studies in Hawaii
The schools below may not offer all types of communications degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.
It is hard to beat University of Hawaii at Manoa if you wish to pursue a degree in communication & media studies. UH Manoa is a large public university located in the large city of Honolulu. A Best Colleges rank of #810 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means UH Manoa is a great university overall.
There were roughly 144 communication & media studies students who graduated with this degree at UH Manoa in the most recent data year. Students who graduate with their degree from the communications program state that they receive average early career wages of $30,235.
Hawaii Pacific University is a great decision for students pursuing a degree in communication & media studies. Located in the large city of Honolulu, Hawaii Pacific University is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population. This university ranks 8th out of 10 schools for overall quality in the state of Hawaii.
There were roughly 15 communication & media studies students who graduated with this degree at Hawaii Pacific University in the most recent data year.
Every student who is interested in communication & media studies has to take a look at University of Hawaii at Hilo. Located in the remote town of Hilo, UH Hilo is a public university with a small student population. This university ranks 10th out of 10 schools for overall quality in the state of Hawaii.
There were roughly 47 communication & media studies students who graduated with this degree at UH Hilo in the most recent year we have data available. Students who graduate with their degree from the communications program state that they receive average early career wages of $25,159.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
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 the rest 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).