2024 Best Computer Science Bachelor's Degree Schools in Hawaii

Computer Science is of the hottest bachelor's degree programs in the United States, coming in as the #16 most popular major in the country. So, there are lots of possibilities to explore when you're trying to determine where you want to get your degree.

In 2024, College Factual analyzed 2 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Computer Science Bachelor's Degree Schools in Hawaii ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 132 bachelor's degrees in computer science to qualified students.

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Average Early-Career Salaries

Average early-career salary of those graduating with their bachelor's degree is one indicator we use in our analysis to find the schools that offer the highest-quality education. After all, your bachelor's degree won't mean much if it doesn't help you find a job that will help you earn a living.

Other Factors We Consider

In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to computer science students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of computer science students who choose to seek a bachelor's degree at the school.
• Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
• Student Debt - How much debt computer science students go into to obtain their bachelor's degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized computer science related body.

Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for computer science students working on their bachelor's degree.

More Ways to Rank Computer Science Schools

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 Best Computer Science Bachelor's Degree Schools in Hawaii list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Computer Science in Hawaii

Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a bachelor's degree in computer science.

Top Hawaii Schools for a Bachelor's in CompSci

1

University of Hawaii at Manoa
Honolulu, HI

78 Annual Graduates

$50,820 Median Starting Salary

$14,780 Median Student Debt

University of Hawaii at Manoa is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a bachelor's degree in computer science. UH Manoa is a fairly large public university located in the large city of Honolulu.

Computer Science bachelor's degree recipients from University of Hawaii at Manoa get an earnings boost of about $6,606 over the average earnings of computer science graduates.

More information about a bachelor’s in computer science from University of Hawaii at Manoa

2

Hawaii Pacific University
Honolulu, HI

22 Annual Graduates

$40,384 Median Starting Salary

Any student pursuing a degree in a bachelor's degree in computer science needs to take a look at Hawaii Pacific University. Located in the city of Honolulu, Hawaii Pacific University is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population.

After graduation, compsci bachelor's recipients generally earn around $40,384 in the first five years of their career.

More information about a bachelor’s in computer science from Hawaii Pacific University

 

Best Computer Science Colleges in the Far Western US Region

Explore all the Best Computer Science Schools in the Far Western US Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
California	262	8,449
Washington	226	1,122
Oregon	185	1,049
Nevada	129	135
Alaska	75	29

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Rankings in Majors Related to CompSci

One of 10 majors within the Computer & Information Sciences area of study, Computer Science has other similar majors worth exploring.

CompSci Focus Areas

Major	Annual Graduates
Computer Science	132

Majors Similar to CompSci

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Computer Information Systems	61
Information Science	9
Information Technology	1

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• 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 the rest 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).
• Credit for the banner image above goes to Negative Space. More about our data sources and methodologies.