2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Social Work in Hawaii (With Aid)

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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.

For this year’s “Best Value Social Work Schools for a Master’s in Hawaii For Those Getting Aid” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in social work. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent social work programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the social work program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Social Work Schools for a Master’s in Hawaii For Those Getting Aid

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

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

#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 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 Social Work Schools for a Master’s in Hawaii For Those Getting Aid. This fairly large school is located in Honolulu, Hawaii, and it awarded 97 masters’s social work degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UH Manoa, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Social Work Master’s Degree Schools in Hawaii” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of Hawaii at Manoa are $34,550.

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

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Hawaii Pacific University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Social Work Schools for a Master’s in Hawaii For Those Getting Aid. Located in Honolulu, Hawaii, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 22 degrees to qualified masters’s social work students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Hawaii Pacific University, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Social Work 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.

Full Hawaii Pacific University Social Work Report

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Social Work in the Far Western US Region (With Aid)
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Social Work (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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