2022 Best Value Public Health Schools for a Master’s in Hawaii For Those Making $0-$30k

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 Public Health Schools for a Master’s in Hawaii For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Public Health is the 27th most popular major in the country with 38,020 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, public health graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $41,740 and had an average of $35,895 in loans still to pay off.

Across Hawaii, there were 89 public health graduates with average earnings and debt of $43,800 and $37,555 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 27 public health graduates with average earnings and debt of $49,195 and $40,792 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Public Health Schools for a Master’s in Hawaii For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in public health. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality public health programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the public health 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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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value Public Health Schools for a Master’s in Hawaii For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Value Public Health Schools for a Master’s in Hawaii For Those Making $0-$30k

The colleges and universities below are the best for hawaii master’s degree public health students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Public Health (Income $0-$30k) in Hawaii

#1

University of Hawaii at Manoa

Honolulu, Hawaii

#1 in overall quality

$34,550 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$46,478 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Public Health Schools for a Master’s in Hawaii For Those Making $0-$30k 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 23 diplomas to qualified masters’s public health students in 2019-2020.

UH Manoa not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Public Health Master’s Degree Schools in Hawaii” list. 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 Public Health at UH Manoa

#2

Hawaii Pacific University

Honolulu, Hawaii

$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 Public Health Schools for a Master’s in Hawaii For Those Making $0-$30k. This small school is located in Honolulu, Hawaii, and it awarded 4 masters’s public health degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our hawaii master’s degree public health students whose families make $0-$30k list, Hawaii Pacific University has also earned the #0 rank in our “Best Public Health Master’s Degree Schools in Hawaii” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Hawaii Pacific University are $20,600, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Public Health at Hawaii Pacific University

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Public Health (Income $0-$30k) in the Far Western US Region
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Public Health (Income $0-$30k)

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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