2025 Best Public Administration Schools in Hawaii

If you pursue a degree in public administration, you won't be alone. The field of study is the #49 most popular program in the country. This means there are lots of options to choose from when you decide to get your degree.

For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in Hawaii to determine which ones were the best for public administration students pursuing a degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 182 degrees in public administration annually.

What's on this page: * Degree-Level Rankings

• Best Overall Public Administration Schools List

Public Administration Rankings by Degree Level

Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Public Administration Schools in Hawaii list, to help you choose the best school for you. If you'd like to restrict your choices to just one part of the country, you can filter this list by location.

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If you want to learn more about how we derive our rankings, see College Factual's Methodology.

Best Schools for Public Administration in Hawaii

The schools below may not offer all types of public admin degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.

Top Hawaii Schools in Public Admin

1

University of Hawaii - West Oahu
Kapolei, HI

Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type

131 Public Admin Degrees Awarded

University of Hawaii - West Oahu is a good decision for students interested in a degree in public administration. Located in the large suburb of Kapolei, UH West Oahu is a public university with a small student population.More information about a degree in public administration from University of Hawaii - West Oahu

2

University of Hawaii at Manoa
Honolulu, HI

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

38.5% Growth in Graduates

It is hard to beat University of Hawaii at Manoa if you want to pursue a degree in public administration. Located in the large city of Honolulu, UH Manoa is a public university with a large student population.More information about a degree in public administration from University of Hawaii at Manoa

Best Public Administration Colleges in the Far Western US Region

Explore all the Best Public Administration Colleges in the Far Western US Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
California	999	1,833
Washington	831	290
Oregon	587	112
Nevada	354	68
Alaska	167	34

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Rankings in Majors Related to Public Admin

One of 3 majors within the Public Administration area of study, Public Administration has other similar majors worth exploring.

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• 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 the rest 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).

More about our data sources and methodologies.