by our College Data Analytics Team
When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual has developed its “Most Well Attended Sociology Major in Hawaii” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
Sociology is the 25th most popular major in the country with 38,475 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, sociology graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $31,426 and had an average of $24,587 in loans still to pay off.
Across Hawaii, there were 96 sociology graduates with average earnings and debt of $28,857 and $20,996 respectively.
This year’s “Most Well Attended Sociology Major in Hawaii” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in sociology. To top this list, a school must have a successful sociology program that graduates more students in the field than other colleges that offer the same major.
See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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 “Most Well Attended 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 sociology students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Hawaii at Manoa. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Sociology Major in Hawaii list. University of Hawaii at Manoa is a fairly large school located in Honolulu, Hawaii that handed out 78 ’s sociology degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Out of the 3 schools in the Most Well Attended Sociology Major in Hawaii that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Hawaii at Hilo landed the #2 spot on the list. This small school is located in Hilo, Hawaii, and it awarded 18 ’s sociology degrees in 2020-2021.
Out of the 3 schools in the Most Well Attended Sociology Major in Hawaii that were part of this year’s ranking, Hawaii Pacific University landed the #3 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 sociology degrees to 0 students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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