2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Accounting in Hawaii

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Accounting Schools for a Bachelor’s in Hawaii” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Accounting is one of the most popular majors in the nation, ranking 8th of all the majors we analyze. In 2019-2020, 101,094 degrees were awarded to students with this major. In 2017-2018, accounting graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $44,557 and had an average of $26,381 in loans still to pay off.

Across Hawaii, there were 359 accounting graduates with average earnings and debt of $47,167 and $30,146 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 165 accounting graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,142 and $24,022 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Accounting Schools for a Bachelor’s in Hawaii” ranking looked at 4 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in accounting. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent accounting programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the accounting program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Accounting Schools for a Bachelor’s in Hawaii

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Accounting Schools for a Bachelor’s in Hawaii.

Top 4 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Accounting in Hawaii

#1

Brigham Young University - Hawaii

Laie, Hawaii

#2 in overall quality

$14,051 Average Net Price

$44,170 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Accounting Schools for a Bachelor’s in Hawaii that were part of this year’s ranking, Brigham Young University - Hawaii landed the #1 spot on the list. BYU - H is a small school located in Laie, Hawaii that handed out 56 bachelors’s accounting degrees in 2019-2020.

BYU - H did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Accounting Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Hawaii” list. It costs about $14,051 for Hawaii Bachelor’s Degree Accounting students per year to attend Brigham Young University - Hawaii.

Full Brigham Young University - Hawaii Accounting Report

#2

University of Hawaii at Manoa

Honolulu, Hawaii

#1 in overall quality

$15,030 Average Net Price

$49,019 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Hawaii at Manoa. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Accounting Schools for a Bachelor’s in Hawaii list. University of Hawaii at Manoa is located in Honolulu, Hawaii and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 89 bachelors’s accounting degrees to qualified students.

UH Manoa did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Accounting Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Hawaii” list. It costs about $15,030 for Hawaii Bachelor’s Degree Accounting students per year to attend UH Manoa.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 3.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Accounting at University of Hawaii at Manoa

#3

University of Hawaii at Hilo

Hilo, Hawaii

#4 in overall quality

$13,885 Average Net Price

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Accounting Schools for a Bachelor’s in Hawaii that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Hawaii at Hilo landed the #3 spot on the list. This small school is located in Hilo, Hawaii, and it awarded 10 bachelors’s accounting degrees in 2019-2020.

UH Hilo did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Accounting Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Hawaii” list. It costs about $13,885 for hawaii bachelor’s degree accounting students per year to attend University of Hawaii at Hilo.

Full UH Hilo Accounting Report

#4

Chaminade University of Honolulu

Honolulu, Hawaii

#3 in overall quality

$25,075 Average Net Price

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Chaminade University of Honolulu. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Accounting Schools for a Bachelor’s in Hawaii. This small school is located in Honolulu, Hawaii, and it awarded 10 bachelors’s accounting degrees in 2019-2020.

Chaminade University of Honolulu not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Accounting Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Hawaii” list. It costs about $25,075 for hawaii bachelor’s degree accounting students per year to attend Chaminade University of Honolulu.

The impressive student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 4.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full Chaminade University of Honolulu Accounting 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).
• 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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