2023 Most Popular Colleges for Sustainability Studies in Hawaii

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Most Well Attended Sustainability Major in Hawaii” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2020-2021, 3,005 people earned their degree in sustainability studies, making the major the 248th most popular in the United States.

Across Hawaii, there were 15 sustainability studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Most Well Attended Sustainability Major in Hawaii” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in sustainability studies. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have one of the most popular sustainability studies programs in the United States.

Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Most Well Attended Sustainability Major in Hawaii

The colleges and universities below are the best for hawaii sustainability students.

Top 2 Most Popular Colleges for Sustainability Studies in Hawaii

1

Hawaii Pacific University
Honolulu, Hawaii

#6 overall quality in Hawaii

$40,963 Average Early-Career Earnings

$21,756 Average Student Debt

Out of the 2 schools in the Most Well Attended Sustainability Major in Hawaii that were part of this year’s ranking, Hawaii Pacific University landed the #1 spot on the list. Honolulu, Hawaii is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out ’s sustainability degrees to 8 students in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full Hawaii Pacific University Sustainability Studies Report

2

University of Hawaii Maui College
Kahului, Hawaii

#10 overall quality in Hawaii

$47,986 Average Early-Career Earnings

$14,929 Average Student Debt

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Hawaii Maui College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Sustainability Major in Hawaii list. Located in Kahului, Hawaii, this small public school handed out 7 degrees to qualified ’s sustainability students in 2020-2021.

Full University of Hawaii Maui College Sustainability Studies Report

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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

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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.

Credits

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