2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Hawaii for Education for a Bachelor’s
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Ranked Colleges
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Degrees Awarded
$46,264
Avg Salary
With all of the options veterans have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Most Veteran Friendly in Hawaii for Education for a Bachelor’s” ranking - to help you make that decision.
General Education is the 41st most popular major in the country with 29,810 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, general education graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $48,719 and had an average of $23,394 in loans still to pay off.
Across Hawaii, there were 64 general education graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,320 and $27,350 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 54 general education graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,385 and $28,544 respectively.
For this year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in Hawaii for Education for a Bachelor’s” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in general education. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent general education programs, but they also offer a lot of support to veterans and active service members.
When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the general education program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran satisfaction. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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Most Veteran Friendly in Hawaii for Education for a Bachelor’s
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in Hawaii for Education for a Bachelor’s”.
Top 2 Best General Education Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in Hawaii
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Hawaii at Manoa. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Hawaii for Education for a Bachelor’s list. This fairly large school is located in Honolulu, Hawaii, and it awarded 21 bachelors’s education degrees in 2020-2021.
UH Manoa not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best General Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Hawaii” list.According to our most recent data, University of Hawaii at Manoa supports 18,025 students, and 3 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 4 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $22,153. During this same period, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. University of Hawaii at Manoa does offer credit for military training for eligible students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full UH Manoa Veteran Student Life Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Hawaii - West Oahu. The school came in at #2 for the Most Veteran Friendly in Hawaii for Education for a Bachelor’s. University of Hawaii - West Oahu is a small school located in Kapolei, Hawaii that handed out 33 bachelors’s education degrees in 2020-2021.
UH West Oahu did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best General Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Hawaii” list.Of the 3,168 students enrolled at UH West Oahu, 440 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 307 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $5,652. To help with additional expenses, 0 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full UH West Oahu Veteran Student Life Report
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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).
- Veteran-specific data can be found at the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs.
- 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
- *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
- **GI Bill® student total includes all chapters of the GI Bill® program (e.g., Post-9/11, Montgomery GI Bill, Reserve Education Assistance Program, and Veteran Readiness and Employment)
- 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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