2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Social Work (Income $0-$30k) in Hawaii

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 Social Work Schools for a Master’s in Hawaii For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

With 56,762 degrees handed out in 2019-2020, social work is the 8th most popular major in the United States.

Across Hawaii, there were 190 social work graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 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 Making $0-$30k” 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 Making $0-$30k

The colleges and universities below are the best for hawaii master’s degree social work students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Social Work (Income $0-$30k) in Hawaii

#1

University of Hawaii at Manoa

Honolulu, Hawaii

#1 in overall quality

$34,550 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

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 Making $0-$30k. 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 not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Social Work Master’s Degree Schools in Hawaii” list. 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.

Read full report on Social Work at UH Manoa

#2

Hawaii Pacific University

Honolulu, Hawaii

#2 in overall quality

$20,600 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Hawaii Pacific University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Social Work Schools for a Master’s in Hawaii For Those Making $0-$30k list. Hawaii Pacific University is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Honolulu, Hawaii. It awarded 22 masters’s social work degrees in 2019-2020.

Hawaii Pacific University not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #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 $0-$30k) in the Far Western US Region
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Social Work (Income $0-$30k)

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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