2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Hawaii for Agriculture & Agriculture Operations for a Bachelor’s

Veterans have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Most Veteran Friendly in Hawaii for Agriculture & Agriculture Operations for a Bachelor’s” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Agriculture & Agriculture Operations is the 21st most popular major in the country with 49,899 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, agriculture and agriculture operations graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $37,342 and had an average of $19,867 in loans still to pay off.

Across Hawaii, there were 122 agriculture and agriculture operations graduates with average earnings and debt of $27,357 and $26,333 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 40 agriculture and agriculture operations graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,385 and $28,544 respectively.

This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in Hawaii for Agriculture & Agriculture Operations for a Bachelor’s” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in agriculture and agriculture operations. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality agriculture and agriculture operations programs as well as strong veteran support.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as veteran satisfaction, veteran affordability, and overall quality of the agriculture and agriculture operations program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Most Veteran Friendly in Hawaii for Agriculture & Agriculture Operations for a Bachelor’s” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Most Veteran Friendly in Hawaii for Agriculture & Agriculture Operations for a Bachelor’s

The colleges and universities below are the best for hawaii bachelor’s degree vets studying agriculture & agriculture operations.

Top 2 Best Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in Hawaii

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University of Hawaii at Manoa
Honolulu, Hawaii

3 GI Bill® Students**

#1 in overall quality

YES Student Veterans Organization

Out of the 2 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in Hawaii for Agriculture & Agriculture Operations for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Hawaii at Manoa landed the #1 spot on the list. University of Hawaii at Manoa is a fairly large school located in Honolulu, Hawaii that handed out 20 bachelors’s agriculture and agriculture operations degrees in 2020-2021.

UH Manoa did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Hawaii” list.Our most recent data shows that 3 of the 18,025 students enrolled at University of Hawaii at Manoa were GI Bill® students, of which 4 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $22,153. During this same period, 0 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. University of Hawaii at Manoa does offer credit for military training for eligible students.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

[Read full report on veteran student life at UH Manoa]](/colleges/university-of-hawaii-at-manoa/student-life/veterans/)

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University of Hawaii at Hilo
Hilo, Hawaii

147 GI Bill® Students**

#2 in overall quality

$5,970 Average GI Bill® Award

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Hawaii at Hilo. The school came in at #2 for the Most Veteran Friendly in Hawaii for Agriculture & Agriculture Operations for a Bachelor’s. Located in Hilo, Hawaii, this small public school handed out 20 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s agriculture and agriculture operations students in 2020-2021.

UH Hilo not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Hawaii” list.Our most recent data shows that 147 of the 3,165 students enrolled at University of Hawaii at Hilo were GI Bill® students, of which 75 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $5,970. On top of their other funding sources, 3 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. University of Hawaii at Hilo offers credit for military training for eligible students.

Full University of Hawaii at Hilo Veteran Student Life Report

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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).
• Veteran-specific data can be found at the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs.
• 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

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
• **GI Bill® student total includes all chapters of the GI Bill® program (e.g., Post-9/11, Montgomery GI Bill, Reserve Education Assistance Program, and Veteran Readiness and Employment)
• 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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