2022 Best Value Special Ed Schools for a Master’s in Hawaii For Those Making $48-$75k

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Special Ed Schools for a Master’s in Hawaii For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Special Education is the 39th most popular major in the country with 33,249 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, special education graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $43,879 and had an average of $28,500 in loans still to pay off.

Across Hawaii, there were 139 special education graduates with average earnings and debt of $45,433 and $23,433 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 60 special education graduates with average earnings and debt of $49,195 and $40,792 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Special Ed Schools for a Master’s in Hawaii For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in special education. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent special education 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 special education program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Best Value Special Ed Schools for a Master’s in Hawaii For Those Making $48-$75k” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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Best Value Special Ed Schools for a Master’s in Hawaii For Those Making $48-$75k

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

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Special Education (Income $48-$75k) in Hawaii

#1

University of Hawaii at Manoa

Honolulu, Hawaii

#1 in overall quality

$34,550 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$57,318 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Hawaii at Manoa. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Special Ed Schools for a Master’s in Hawaii For Those Making $48-$75k list. Honolulu, Hawaii is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s special ed degrees to 55 students in 2019-2020.

UH Manoa not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Special Education Master’s Degree Schools in Hawaii” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at UH Manoa are $34,550, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full University of Hawaii at Manoa Special Education Report

#2

Chaminade University of Honolulu

Honolulu, Hawaii

$24,720 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Chaminade University of Honolulu. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Special Ed Schools for a Master’s in Hawaii For Those Making $48-$75k. Honolulu, Hawaii is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s special ed degrees to 5 students in 2019-2020.

Chaminade University of Honolulu also took the #0 spot in our “Best Special Education Master’s Degree Schools in Hawaii” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Chaminade University of Honolulu are $24,720, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Special Education at Chaminade University of Honolulu

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