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2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Communication & Media Studies (Income $75-$110k) in Hawaii

2 Ranked Colleges
19 Degrees Awarded
$27,500 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Communications Schools for a Master's in Hawaii For Those Making $75-$110k

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Communications Schools for a Master’s in Hawaii For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking - to help you make that decision.

Communication & Media Studies is one of the most popular majors in the nation, ranking 9th of all the majors we analyze. In 2019-2020, 68,079 degrees were awarded to students with this major. In 2017-2018, communication and media studies graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $32,728 and had an average of $24,931 in loans still to pay off.

Across Hawaii, there were 242 communication and media studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $26,600 and $21,102 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 19 communication and media studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $49,195 and $40,792 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Communications Schools for a Master’s in Hawaii For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in communication and media studies. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent communication and media studies 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 communication and media studies program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Communications Schools for a Master’s in Hawaii For Those Making $75-$110k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Communications Schools for a Master’s in Hawaii For Those Making $75-$110k.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Communication & Media Studies (Income $75-$110k) in Hawaii

#1 in overall quality

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Communications Schools for a Master’s in Hawaii For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Hawaii at Manoa landed the #1 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Honolulu, Hawaii, and it awarded 12 masters’s communications degrees in 2019-2020.

UH Manoa also made our “Best Communication & Media Studies Master’s Degree Schools in Hawaii” list, coming in at #1. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at UH Manoa are $34,550.

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#2

Hawaii Pacific University

Honolulu, Hawaii

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Hawaii Pacific University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Communications Schools for a Master’s in Hawaii For Those Making $75-$110k. Honolulu, Hawaii is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s communications degrees to 7 students in 2019-2020.

Hawaii Pacific University also made our “Best Communication & Media Studies Master’s Degree Schools in Hawaii” list, coming in at #0. Average graduate tuition and fees at Hawaii Pacific University are $20,600, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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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%.

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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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