2022 Best Value Public Admin Schools for a Master’s in Hawaii For Those Getting Aid

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 Public Admin Schools for a Master’s in Hawaii For Those Getting Aid” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Public Administration is the 47th most popular major in the country with 17,269 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

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.

For this year’s “Best Value Public Admin Schools for a Master’s in Hawaii For Those Getting Aid” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer 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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Public Admin Schools for a Master’s in Hawaii For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Public Admin Schools for a Master’s in Hawaii For Those Getting Aid.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Public Administration in Hawaii (With Aid)

#1

University of Hawaii at Manoa

Honolulu, Hawaii

$34,550 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Public Admin Schools for a Master’s in Hawaii For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Hawaii at Manoa landed the #1 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Honolulu, Hawaii, and it awarded 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 University of Hawaii at Manoa are $34,550, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Public Admin Schools for a Master’s in Hawaii For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Hawaii Pacific University landed the #2 spot on the list. This small school is located in Honolulu, Hawaii, and it awarded 13 masters’s public admin degrees in 2019-2020.

Hawaii Pacific University also took the #1 spot in our “Best Public Administration Master’s Degree Schools in Hawaii” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Hawaii Pacific University are $20,600, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Public Administration at Hawaii Pacific University

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• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Public Administration (With Aid)

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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