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2021 Best Colleges for the Money (With No Aid) in Hawaii

5 Colleges
$32,848 Avg Cost (Without Aid)*
4.6 Years Avg Time to Graduate*

There are lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our Best Hawaii Schools For The Money For Those With No Aid ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Our analysis looked at 5 schools to determine which ones were the best for overall value for the money with no aid in Hawaii. It's important to note that this isn't just a listing of colleges and universities with the lowest sticker price. Instead, this ranking identifies schools that offer a high quality educational experience at a lower-than-expected price. So it is possible that College A may rank better than College B, while College B is less expensive to attend.

Get more details on our ranking methodology.

When determining average cost, we look at total expenses, such as tuition, fees, books and supplies, room and board, and other living expenses. This gives a rough estimation of how much money you can expect to pay out-of-pocket or through loans each year.

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Top Colleges for the Money (Without Aid) in Hawaii

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Brigham Young University - Hawaii tops this year’s ranking as the best school for overall value for the money with no aid in Hawaii. BYU - H is a private not-for-profit institution located in Laie, Hawaii. The school has a small population, and it awarded 623 bachelor’s degrees in 2018-2019.

It takes the average student at BYU - H about 4.8 years to graduate, and it costs students who receive no aid about $19,776 per year to attend the school. This makes the estimated cost of a bachelor’s degree from BYU - H be around $93,936. When students graduate in a lesser amount of time, they can save thousands of dollars.

BYU - H did well in our quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our Best Colleges in Hawaii list.

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#2

University of Hawaii at Manoa

Honolulu, Hawaii

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Hawaii at Manoa. It ranked #2 on our 2021 Best Value Colleges in Hawaii list. University of Hawaii at Manoa is a fairly large public school located in Honolulu, Hawaii that handed out 3,245 bachelor’s degrees in 2018-2019.

It takes about 4.5 years for the average student at UHM to complete their degree, and the average full-time cost to attend the school for students who receive no aid is around $29,823. Looking at these numbers together, we estimate that the average cost of a bachelor’s degree from UHM is about $135,695. When you graduate sooner, you can save a lot of money.

The student loan default rate at the school is 4.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. UHM did well in our quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our Best Colleges in Hawaii list.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Hawaii at Hilo. The school came in at #3 in Hawaii on this year’s best value ranking. Hilo, Hawaii is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelor’s degrees to 774 students in 2018-2019.

At UHH, the average time it takes a student to graduate is 4.7 years, and it costs students who receive no aid about $20,672 per year to attend the school. Looking at these numbers together, we estimate that the average cost of a bachelor’s degree from UHH is about $97,365. If you can shave even one term off your degree, you can save a substantial amount of money.

UHH also took the #4 spot in our Best Colleges in Hawaii rankings.

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A rank of #4 on our Best Colleges for the Money in Hawaii list means Chaminade University of Honolulu is a great place for students working on their bachelor’s degree. Chaminade University of Honolulu is a private not-for-profit institution located in Honolulu, Hawaii. The school has a small population, and it awarded 362 bachelor’s degrees in 2018-2019.

It takes the average student at Chaminade University of Honolulu about 4.3 years to graduate, and the average full-time cost to attend the school for students who receive no aid is around $44,331. Thus, the average cost to get a bachelor’s degree from the Chaminade University of Honolulu is $192,397. Graduating sooner can prevent you from having to pay more money out of pocket.

Chaminade University of Honolulu also took the #3 spot in our Best Colleges in Hawaii rankings.

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#5

Hawaii Pacific University

Honolulu, Hawaii

A rank of #5 on our Best Colleges for the Money in Hawaii list means Hawaii Pacific University is a great place for students working on their bachelor’s degree. Located in Honolulu, Hawaii, the small private not-for-profit school handed out 586 bachelor’s degrees in 2018-2019.

The average student at Hawaii Pacific University graduates in less than 4.4 years, and the average full-time cost to attend the school for students who receive no aid is around $49,640. This means that the average student pays around $219,409 to get a bachelor’s degree from Hawaii Pacific University. When you graduate sooner, you can save a lot of money.

The student loan default rate at the school is 4.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Hawaii Pacific University not only placed well in our value rankings, but it is also #5 on our Best Colleges in Hawaii list.

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Notes and References

Footnotes

*These averages are for the top 5 schools only.

  • For our state-specific rankings, we use in-state tuition to calculate average cost. For our national and regional rankings, we use a weighted average of in-state and non-resident tuition.

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%.

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