2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Journalism (Income $48-$75k) in Hawaii

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Journalism Schools for a Bachelor’s in Hawaii For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking - to help you make that decision.

Journalism is the 62nd most popular major in the country with 14,528 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, journalism graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $31,042 and had an average of $24,628 in loans still to pay off.

Across Hawaii, there were 10 journalism graduates with average earnings and debt of $26,000 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 10 journalism graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,142 and $24,022 respectively.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent journalism programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the journalism program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Journalism Schools for a Bachelor’s in Hawaii For Those Making $48-$75k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Journalism Schools for a Bachelor’s in Hawaii For Those Making $48-$75k.

Top 1 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Journalism (Income $48-$75k) in Hawaii

#1

University of Hawaii at Manoa

Honolulu, Hawaii

#1 in overall quality

$15,372 Average Net Price

$35,774 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Journalism Schools for a Bachelor’s in Hawaii For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Hawaii at Manoa landed the #1 spot on the list. Honolulu, Hawaii is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s journalism degrees to 10 students 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 Journalism Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Hawaii” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for University of Hawaii at Manoa is $15,372 for Hawaii Bachelor’s Degree Journalism students whose families make $48-$75k.

The low student loan default rate of 3.3% 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%.

Read more about Journalism at UH Manoa

• Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Journalism (Income $48-$75k) in the Far Western US Region
• Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Journalism (Income $48-$75k)

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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