by our College Data Analytics Team
When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Design Major in Hawaii” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2021-2022, 36,323 people earned their degree in design & applied arts, making the major the 36th most popular in the United States. In , design & applied arts graduates who were awarded their degree in , earned an average of $32,210 and had an average of $24,297 in loans still to pay off.
Across Hawaii, there were 32 design & applied arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 8 design & applied arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,356 and $12,950 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Design Major in Hawaii” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in design & applied arts. That schools that top this list have a program in design & applied arts in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for hawaii associate degree design students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Honolulu Community College. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Design Major in Hawaii. Located in Honolulu, Hawaii, this small public school awarded 8 degrees to qualified associates’s design students in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Chaminade University of Honolulu. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Design Major in Hawaii list. Chaminade University of Honolulu is a private not-for-profit institution located in Honolulu, Hawaii. The school has a small population, and it awarded 9 associates’s degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.
Read more about Design & Applied Arts at Chaminade University of Honolulu
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