2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Social Sciences 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 “Best Value Social Sciences Schools for a Master’s in Hawaii” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Social Sciences is one of the most popular majors in the nation, ranking 5th of all the majors we analyze. In 2019-2020, 205,726 degrees were awarded to students with this major. In 2017-2018, social sciences graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $34,801 and had an average of $23,466 in loans still to pay off.

Across Hawaii, there were 566 social sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $28,360 and $19,239 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 46 social sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $49,195 and $40,792 respectively.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent social sciences programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the social sciences program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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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 for a Master’s in Hawaii” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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Best Value Social Sciences Schools for a Master’s in Hawaii

The colleges and universities below are the best for hawaii master’s degree social sciences students.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Social Sciences in Hawaii

#1

University of Hawaii at Manoa

Honolulu, Hawaii

#1 in overall quality

$34,550 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Social Sciences Schools for a Master’s in Hawaii that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Hawaii at Manoa landed the #1 spot on the list. UH Manoa is a public institution located in Honolulu, Hawaii. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 35 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UH Manoa, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Social Sciences Master’s Degree Schools in Hawaii” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UH Manoa are $34,550, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full UH Manoa Social Sciences 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

• *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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