2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Public Administration (Income $75-$110k) in Hawaii

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Public Admin Schools for a Master’s in Hawaii For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2019-2020, 17,269 people earned their degree in public administration, making the major the 58th most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, public administration graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $48,859 and had an average of $42,077 in loans still to pay off.

Across Hawaii, there were 152 public administration graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,767 and $17,493 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 Making $75-$110k” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in public administration. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great public administration programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the public administration program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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The public admin school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Public Admin Schools for a Master’s in Hawaii For Those Making $75-$110k”.

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Best Value Public Admin Schools for a Master’s in Hawaii For Those Making $75-$110k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Public Admin Schools for a Master’s in Hawaii For Those Making $75-$110k.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Public Administration (Income $75-$110k) in Hawaii

#1

University of Hawaii at Manoa

Honolulu, Hawaii

$34,550 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$63,005 Average Early-Career Earnings

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 $75-$110k. Honolulu, Hawaii is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s public admin degrees to 8 students in 2019-2020.

UH Manoa did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #0 on our “Best Public Administration Master’s Degree Schools in Hawaii” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Hawaii at Manoa are $34,550, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full University of Hawaii at Manoa Public Administration Report

#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 Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Hawaii Pacific University landed the #2 spot on the list. Hawaii Pacific University is a small school located in Honolulu, Hawaii that handed out 13 masters’s public admin degrees in 2019-2020.

Hawaii Pacific University not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #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 full report on Public Administration at Hawaii Pacific University

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Public Administration (Income $75-$110k) in the Far Western US Region
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Public Administration (Income $75-$110k)

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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