2022 Best Value IS Schools for a Master’s in Hawaii

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In 2019-2020, 18,368 people earned their degree in information science, making the major the 56th most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, information science graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $58,848 and had an average of $32,600 in loans still to pay off.

Across Hawaii, there were 23 information science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 12 information science graduates with average earnings and debt of $49,195 and $40,792 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great information science programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the information science program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value IS Schools for a Master’s in Hawaii

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

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Information Science in Hawaii

#1

Hawaii Pacific University

Honolulu, Hawaii

#1 in overall quality

$20,600 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$71,015 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value IS Schools for a Master’s in Hawaii that were part of this year’s ranking, Hawaii Pacific University landed the #1 spot on the list. Hawaii Pacific University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Honolulu, Hawaii. The school has a small population, and it awarded 12 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Hawaii Pacific University not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Information Science Master’s Degree Schools in Hawaii” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Hawaii Pacific University are $20,600, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Information Science at Hawaii Pacific University

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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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