2022 Best Value Public Admin Schools for a Master’s in Hawaii For Those Making $30-$48k

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Value Public Admin Schools for a Master’s in Hawaii For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking.

In 2019-2020, 17,269 people earned their degree in public administration, making the major the 47th most popular in the United States.

Across Hawaii, there were 152 public administration graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 21 public administration graduates with average earnings and debt of $49,195 and $40,792 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Public Admin Schools for a Master’s in Hawaii For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in public administration. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality public administration programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the public administration 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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Best Value Public Admin Schools for a Master’s in Hawaii For Those Making $30-$48k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Public Admin Schools for a Master’s in Hawaii For Those Making $30-$48k.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Public Administration (Income $30-$48k) in Hawaii

#1

University of Hawaii at Manoa

Honolulu, Hawaii

$34,550 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Hawaii at Manoa. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Public Admin Schools for a Master’s in Hawaii For Those Making $30-$48k. University of Hawaii at Manoa is a fairly large school located in Honolulu, Hawaii that handed out 8 masters’s public admin degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UH Manoa, the school also landed the #0 spot in our “Best Public Administration Master’s Degree Schools in Hawaii” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UH Manoa are $34,550, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Public Administration at University of Hawaii at Manoa

#2

Hawaii Pacific University

Honolulu, Hawaii

#1 in overall quality

$20,600 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Hawaii Pacific University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Public Admin Schools for a Master’s in Hawaii For Those Making $30-$48k. Located in Honolulu, Hawaii, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 13 diplomas to qualified masters’s public admin students in 2019-2020.

Hawaii Pacific University did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Public Administration Master’s Degree Schools in Hawaii” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Hawaii Pacific University are $20,600, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Public Administration at Hawaii Pacific University

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• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Public Administration (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.

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