2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Registered Nursing (Income $30-$48k) in Hawaii

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 Registered Nursing Schools for a Master’s in Hawaii For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

With 259,493 degrees handed out in 2019-2020, registered nursing is the 3rd most popular major in the United States.

Across Hawaii, there were 540 registered nursing graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 34 registered nursing graduates with average earnings and debt of $49,195 and $40,792 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Registered Nursing Schools for a Master’s in Hawaii For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in registered nursing. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent registered 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 registered nursing program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Registered Nursing Schools for a Master’s in Hawaii For Those Making $30-$48k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Registered Nursing Schools for a Master’s in Hawaii For Those Making $30-$48k.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Registered Nursing (Income $30-$48k) in Hawaii

#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 Registered Nursing Schools for a Master’s in Hawaii For Those Making $30-$48k list. University of Hawaii at Manoa is a fairly large school located in Honolulu, Hawaii that handed out 17 masters’s registered nursing degrees in 2019-2020.

UH Manoa also took the #1 spot in our “Best Registered Nursing Master’s Degree Schools in Hawaii” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Hawaii at Manoa are $34,550, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Registered Nursing at UH Manoa

#2

Hawaii Pacific University

Honolulu, Hawaii

#2 in overall quality

$20,600 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Registered Nursing Schools for a Master’s in Hawaii For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Hawaii Pacific University landed the #2 spot on the list. Honolulu, Hawaii is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s registered nursing degrees to 17 students in 2019-2020.

Hawaii Pacific University also made our “Best Registered Nursing Master’s Degree Schools in Hawaii” list, coming in at #2. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Hawaii Pacific University are $20,600.

Read more about Registered Nursing at Hawaii Pacific University

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Registered Nursing (Income $30-$48k) in the Far Western US Region
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Registered Nursing (Income $30-$48k)

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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