by our College Data Analytics Team
When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Sociology Major in Hawaii” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Sociology is the 25th most popular major in the country with 35,816 degrees awarded in 2021-2022. In , sociology graduates who were awarded their degree in , earned an average of $31,418 and had an average of $22,369 in loans still to pay off.
Across Hawaii, there were 100 sociology graduates with average earnings and debt of $28,857 and $20,081 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 92 sociology graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,058 and $24,057 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Sociology Major in Hawaii” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree in sociology. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in sociology.
For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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 “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Sociology Major in Hawaii” list to help you make the college decision.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for hawaii bachelor’s degree sociology students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Hawaii at Hilo. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Sociology Major in Hawaii list. This small school is located in Hilo, Hawaii, and it awarded 14 bachelors’s sociology degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.3% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Hawaii at Manoa. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Sociology Major in Hawaii. This fairly large school is located in Honolulu, Hawaii, and it awarded 78 bachelors’s sociology degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.4% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Hawaii Pacific University. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Sociology Major in Hawaii. Honolulu, Hawaii is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s sociology degrees to 0 students in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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