2023 Most Focused Colleges for Information Technology in Hawaii

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Schools Highly Focused on IT Major in Hawaii” ranking.

In 2020-2021, 40,555 people earned their degree in information technology, making the major the 42nd most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, information technology graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $46,525 and had an average of $26,794 in loans still to pay off.

Across Hawaii, there were 8 information technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $47,904 and $31,519 respectively.

This year’s “Schools Highly Focused on IT Major in Hawaii” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in information technology. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their information technology program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.

See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Schools Highly Focused on IT Major in Hawaii

The colleges and universities below are the best for hawaii it students.

Top 2 Most Focused Colleges for Information Technology in Hawaii

1

University of Phoenix - Hawaii
Honolulu, Hawaii

$50,454 Average Early-Career Earnings

$38,860 Average Student Debt

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Phoenix - Hawaii. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools Highly Focused on IT Major in Hawaii list. UOPX - Hawaii is a small school located in Honolulu, Hawaii that handed out 3 ’s IT degrees in 2020-2021.

Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.

Read more about Information Technology at University of Phoenix - Hawaii

2

Hawaii Pacific University
Honolulu, Hawaii

#6 overall quality in Hawaii

$40,963 Average Early-Career Earnings

$21,756 Average Student Debt

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools Highly Focused on IT Major in Hawaii that were part of this year’s ranking, Hawaii Pacific University landed the #2 spot on the list. Hawaii Pacific University is a small school located in Honolulu, Hawaii that handed out 5 ’s IT degrees in 2020-2021.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Information Technology 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

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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.

Credits

• Credit for the banner image above goes to Craig Dennis.