2022 Best Value Public Administration & Social Service Schools for an Associate in Hawaii For Those Getting Aid

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Public Administration & Social Service Schools for an Associate in Hawaii For Those Getting Aid” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Public Administration & Social Service is the 14th most popular major in the country with 97,666 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, public administration and social service graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $39,142 and had an average of $32,304 in loans still to pay off.

Across Hawaii, there were 367 public administration and social service graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,463 and $30,356 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 21 public administration and social service graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,032 and $14,475 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality public administration and social service programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the public administration and social service 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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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value Public Administration & Social Service Schools for an Associate in Hawaii For Those Getting Aid” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Value Public Administration & Social Service Schools for an Associate in Hawaii For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for hawaii associate degree public administration & social service students with aid.

Top 1 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Public Administration & Social Service in Hawaii (With Aid)

#1

Hawaii Pacific University

Honolulu, Hawaii

#1 in overall quality

$27,508 Average Net Price

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Public Administration & Social Service Schools for an Associate in Hawaii For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Hawaii Pacific University landed the #1 spot on the list. This small school is located in Honolulu, Hawaii, and it awarded 3 associates’s public administration and social service degrees in 2019-2020.

Hawaii Pacific University did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Public Administration & Social Service Associate Degree Schools in Hawaii” list. The estimated yearly cost for Hawaii Pacific University is $27,508 for hawaii associate degree public administration & social service students with aid.

Read more about Public Administration & Social Service at Hawaii Pacific University

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• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Public Administration & Social Service (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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