by our College Data Analytics Team
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Communications Major in Hawaii” ranking - to help you make that decision.
Communication & Media Studies is one of the most popular majors in the nation, ranking 10th of all the majors we analyze. In 2020-2021, 66,787 degrees were awarded to students with this major. In 2019-2020, communication and media studies graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $34,115 and had an average of $25,414 in loans still to pay off.
Across Hawaii, there were 265 communication and media studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $29,439 and $21,202 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 244 communication and media studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,385 and $28,544 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Communications Major in Hawaii” ranking, we looked at 5 colleges that offer a degree in communication and media studies. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in communication and media studies.
For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Communications Major in Hawaii” list to help you make the college decision.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for hawaii bachelor’s degree communications students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Hawaii at Hilo. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Communications Major in Hawaii list. University of Hawaii at Hilo is a public institution located in Hilo, Hawaii. The school has a small population, and it awarded 46 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Communication & Media Studies at UH Hilo
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Brigham Young University - Hawaii. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Communications Major in Hawaii. BYU - H is a private not-for-profit institution located in Laie, Hawaii. The school has a small population, and it awarded 30 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.7% 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 Communication & Media Studies at Brigham Young University - Hawaii
Out of the 5 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Communications Major in Hawaii that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Hawaii at Manoa landed the #3 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Honolulu, Hawaii, and it awarded 143 bachelors’s communications degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.5% 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%.
Out of the 5 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Communications Major in Hawaii that were part of this year’s ranking, Hawaii Pacific University landed the #4 spot on the list. Located in Honolulu, Hawaii, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 17 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s communications students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.7% 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 Communication & Media Studies at Hawaii Pacific University
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Chaminade University of Honolulu. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Communications Major in Hawaii list. Chaminade University of Honolulu is a small school located in Honolulu, Hawaii that handed out 8 bachelors’s communications degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.8%, which is much lower than the national 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 full report on Communication & Media Studies at Chaminade University of Honolulu
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