2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Mechanical Engineering (Income Over $110k) in Hawaii

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Vallue ME Schools for a Bachelor’s in Hawaii For Those Making Over $110k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 47,598 people earned their degree in mechanical engineering, making the major the 20th most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, mechanical engineering graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $64,495 and had an average of $23,104 in loans still to pay off.

Across Hawaii, there were 85 mechanical engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $62,900 and $22,500 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 79 mechanical engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,142 and $24,022 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great mechanical engineering programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the mechanical engineering program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Vallue ME Schools for a Bachelor’s in Hawaii For Those Making Over $110k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Vallue ME Schools for a Bachelor’s in Hawaii For Those Making Over $110k.

Top 1 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Mechanical Engineering (Income Over $110k) in Hawaii

#1

University of Hawaii at Manoa

Honolulu, Hawaii

#1 in overall quality

$15,030 Average Net Price

$67,441 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Vallue ME Schools for a Bachelor’s in Hawaii For Those Making Over $110k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Hawaii at Manoa landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Honolulu, Hawaii, this fairly large public school awarded 79 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s ME 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 Mechanical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Hawaii” ranking. It costs about $15,030 for Hawaii Bachelor’s Degree ME students whose families make more than $110k per year to attend UH Manoa.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 3.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full University of Hawaii at Manoa Mechanical Engineering Report

• Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Mechanical Engineering (Income Over $110k) in the Far Western US Region
• Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Mechanical Engineering (Income Over $110k)

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.

Credits

• Credit for the banner image above goes to Michel Villeneuve.

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