If you pursue a degree in computer science, you won't be alone. The field of study is the #12 most popular program in the country. This means there are lots of options to choose from when you decide to get your degree.
For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in Hawaii to determine which ones were the best for computer science students pursuing a degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 146 degrees in computer science annually.
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 Computer Science Schools in Hawaii list to help you make the college decision.
If you'd like to restrict your choices to just one part of the country, you can filter this list by location.
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Although we recommend filtering by degree level first, you can view the list below to see which schools give the educational experience for the compsci degree levels they offer.
University of Hawaii at Manoa is a great choice for students interested in a degree in computer science. Located in the city of Honolulu, UH Manoa is a public university with a large student population.
Graduates who receive their degree from the compsci program earn an average of $42,874 in the first couple years of working.
Hawaii Pacific University is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a degree in computer science. Hawaii Pacific University is a small private not-for-profit university located in the city of Honolulu.
Students who graduate with their degree from the compsci program state that they receive average early career wages of $72,448.
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).
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