2022 Best Value Social Work Schools for a Master’s in Hawaii For Those Making $48-$75k

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Social Work is the 12th most popular major in the country with 57,618 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, social work graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $36,459 and had an average of $30,084 in loans still to pay off.

Across Hawaii, there were 190 social work graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,600 and $28,481 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 119 social work graduates with average earnings and debt of $49,195 and $40,792 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Social Work Schools for a Master’s in Hawaii For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in social work. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great social work programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the social work 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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Best Value Social Work Schools for a Master’s in Hawaii For Those Making $48-$75k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Social Work Schools for a Master’s in Hawaii For Those Making $48-$75k.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Social Work (Income $48-$75k) in Hawaii

#1

University of Hawaii at Manoa

Honolulu, Hawaii

#1 in overall quality

$34,550 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$47,944 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Hawaii at Manoa. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Social Work Schools for a Master’s in Hawaii For Those Making $48-$75k list. Honolulu, Hawaii is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s social work degrees to 97 students in 2019-2020.

UH Manoa also made our “Best Social Work Master’s Degree Schools in Hawaii” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at UH Manoa are $34,550, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full University of Hawaii at Manoa Social Work Report

#2

Hawaii Pacific University

Honolulu, Hawaii

#2 in overall quality

$20,600 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$43,984 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Social Work Schools for a Master’s in Hawaii For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, Hawaii Pacific University landed the #2 spot on the list. Hawaii Pacific University is located in Honolulu, Hawaii and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 22 masters’s social work degrees to qualified students.

Hawaii Pacific University did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Social Work 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 Social Work at Hawaii Pacific University

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Social Work (Income $48-$75k) in the Far Western US Region
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Social Work (Income $48-$75k)

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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