2022 Best Value Colleges for General Social Sciences (Income $30-$48k) in Hawaii

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 Social Sciences Schools in Hawaii For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

General Social Sciences is the 51st most popular major in the country with 19,742 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, general social sciences graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $31,665 and had an average of $22,423 in loans still to pay off.

Across Hawaii, there were 119 general social sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $27,400 and $15,817 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great general social sciences 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 general social sciences program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Best Value Social Sciences Schools in Hawaii For Those Making $30-$48k” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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Best Value Social Sciences Schools in Hawaii For Those Making $30-$48k

The colleges and universities below are the best for hawaii social sciences students whose families make $30-$48k.

Top 1 Best Value Colleges for General Social Sciences (Income $30-$48k) in Hawaii

#1

University of Hawaii - West Oahu

Kapolei, Hawaii

#1 in overall quality

$10,606 Average Net Price

$37,420 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Hawaii - West Oahu. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Social Sciences Schools in Hawaii For Those Making $30-$48k list. Located in Kapolei, Hawaii, this small public school handed out 118 degrees to qualified ’s social sciences students in 2019-2020.

UH West Oahu did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best General Social Sciences Schools in Hawaii” list. The estimated yearly cost for University of Hawaii - West Oahu is $10,606 for Hawaii Social Sciences students whose families make $30-$48k.

Read more about General Social Sciences at UH West Oahu

• Best Value Colleges for General Social Sciences (Income $30-$48k) in the Far Western US Region
• Best Value Colleges for General Social Sciences (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.

Credits

• Credit for the banner image above goes to Manfred Werner (Tsui).

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