2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Nursing (Income $48-$75k) in Hawaii

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Value Nursing Schools for a Master’s in Hawaii For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking.

Nursing is one of the most popular majors in the nation, ranking 3rd of all the majors we analyze. In 2019-2020, 313,362 degrees were awarded to students with this major. In 2017-2018, nursing graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $67,065 and had an average of $26,282 in loans still to pay off.

Across Hawaii, there were 590 nursing graduates with average earnings and debt of $68,310 and $27,411 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 34 nursing graduates with average earnings and debt of $49,195 and $40,792 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Nursing Schools for a Master’s in Hawaii For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in nursing. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent nursing 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 nursing program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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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 Value Nursing Schools for a Master’s in Hawaii For Those Making $48-$75k” list to help you make the college decision.

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

The colleges and universities below are the best for hawaii master’s degree nursing students whose families make $48-$75k.

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

#1

University of Hawaii at Manoa

Honolulu, Hawaii

#1 in overall quality

$34,550 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$102,409 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 Nursing 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 nursing degrees to 17 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 Nursing Master’s Degree Schools in Hawaii” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UH Manoa are $34,550, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Nursing at UH Manoa

#2

Hawaii Pacific University

Honolulu, Hawaii

#2 in overall quality

$20,600 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Hawaii Pacific University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Nursing Schools for a Master’s in Hawaii For Those Making $48-$75k. Hawaii Pacific University is located in Honolulu, Hawaii and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 17 masters’s nursing degrees to qualified students.

Hawaii Pacific University did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Nursing Master’s Degree Schools in Hawaii” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Hawaii Pacific University are $20,600, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Nursing at Hawaii Pacific University

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