If you plan on getting your master's degree in psychology, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #7 in the country in terms of popularity. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.
College Factual reviewed 2 schools in Hawaii to determine which ones were the best for master's degree seekers in the field of psychology. Combined, these schools handed out 107 master's degrees in psychology to qualified students.
To determine the overall quality of a graduate school, one factor we look at is the average early-career salary of those receiving their master's degree from the school. This is because one of the main reasons people pursue their master's degree is to enable themselves to find better-paying positions.
Other Factors We Consider
In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:
Major Focus - How much a school focuses on psychology students vs. other majors.
Major Demand - The number of psychology students who choose to seek a master's degree at the school.
Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
Student Debt - How much debt psychology students go into to obtain their master's degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized psychology related body.
Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for psychology students working on their master's degree.
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 Psychology Master's Degree Schools in Hawaii list to help you make the college decision.
Best Schools for Master’s Students to Study Psychology in Hawaii
The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing a master's degree in psychology.
Any student pursuing a degree in a master's degree in psychology needs to take a look at Chaminade University of Honolulu. Located in the large city of Honolulu, Chaminade University of Honolulu is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population.More information about a master’s in psychology from Chaminade University of Honolulu
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
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 the rest 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).