2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Pacific Area/Pacific Rim Studies (Income $0-$30k) in the Far Western US Region

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Pacific Area/Pacific Rim Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 28 people earned their degree in Pacific Area/Pacific Rim studies, making the major the 1115th most popular in the United States.

Across the Far Western US region, there were 19 Pacific Area/Pacific Rim studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 6 Pacific Area/Pacific Rim studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $59,319 and $48,880 respectively.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent Pacific Area/Pacific Rim studies programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the Pacific Area/Pacific Rim studies program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Pacific Area/Pacific Rim Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Pacific Area/Pacific Rim Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Pacific Area/Pacific Rim Studies (Income $0-$30k) in the Far Western US Region

#1

University of Hawaii at Manoa

Honolulu, Hawaii

#1 in overall quality

$34,550 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Hawaii at Manoa. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Pacific Area/Pacific Rim Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. UH Manoa is a public institution located in Honolulu, Hawaii. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 6 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

UH Manoa did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Pacific Area/Pacific Rim Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Hawaii at Manoa are $34,550, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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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).
• 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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