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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities in Hawaii (With Aid)

3 Ranked Colleges
83 Degrees Awarded
$14,100 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools for a Bachelor's in Hawaii For Those Getting Aid

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Value Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools for a Bachelor’s in Hawaii For Those Getting Aid” ranking.

In 2019-2020, 559,661 liberal arts / sciences and humanities students received their degree, making the major the 3rd most popular in the country. In 2017-2018, liberal arts / sciences and humanities graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $26,786 and had an average of $16,538 in loans still to pay off.

Across Hawaii, there were 1,954 liberal arts / sciences and humanities graduates with average earnings and debt of $24,263 and $12,498 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 83 liberal arts / sciences and humanities graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,142 and $24,022 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools for a Bachelor’s in Hawaii For Those Getting Aid” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree in liberal arts / sciences and humanities. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great liberal arts / sciences and humanities programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the liberal arts / sciences and humanities program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools for a Bachelor’s in Hawaii For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools for a Bachelor’s in Hawaii For Those Getting Aid.

Top 3 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities in Hawaii (With Aid)

#3 in overall quality

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools for a Bachelor’s in Hawaii For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Brigham Young University - Hawaii landed the #1 spot on the list. Laie, Hawaii is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s liberal arts / sciences and humanities degrees to 6 students in 2019-2020.

BYU - H not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Hawaii” list. The yearly cost to attend BYU - H is $14,051 for hawaii bachelor’s degree liberal arts / sciences & humanities students with aid.

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#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Hawaii - West Oahu. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools for a Bachelor’s in Hawaii For Those Getting Aid. This small school is located in Kapolei, Hawaii, and it awarded 30 bachelors’s liberal arts / sciences and humanities degrees in 2019-2020.

UH West Oahu also made our “Best Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Hawaii” list, coming in at #2. It costs about $13,331 for hawaii bachelor’s degree liberal arts / sciences & humanities students with aid per year to attend University of Hawaii - West Oahu.

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#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Hawaii at Manoa. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools for a Bachelor’s in Hawaii For Those Getting Aid list. University of Hawaii at Manoa is a public institution located in Honolulu, Hawaii. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 39 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

UH Manoa not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Hawaii” list. It costs about $15,030 for Hawaii Bachelor’s Degree Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities students with aid per year to attend University of Hawaii at Manoa.

The student loan default rate at the school is 3.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

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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%.

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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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