2022 Best Value Computer & Information Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in Hawaii

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Computer & Information Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in Hawaii” ranking is part of that endeavor.

With 237,745 degrees handed out in 2019-2020, computer and information sciences is the 8th most popular major in the United States. In 2017-2018, computer and information sciences graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $48,979 and had an average of $27,144 in loans still to pay off.

Across Hawaii, there were 522 computer and information sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $50,589 and $28,765 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 191 computer and information sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,142 and $24,022 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Computer & Information Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in Hawaii” ranking, we looked at 4 colleges that offer a degree in computer and information sciences. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality computer and information sciences programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the computer and information sciences program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Computer & Information Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in Hawaii

The colleges and universities below are the best for hawaii bachelor’s degree computer & information sciences students.

Top 4 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Computer & Information Sciences in Hawaii

#1

University of Phoenix - Hawaii

Honolulu, Hawaii

#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Phoenix - Hawaii. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Computer & Information Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in Hawaii list. Honolulu, Hawaii is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private for-profit school handed out bachelors’s computer and information sciences degrees to 24 students in 2019-2020.

UOPX - Hawaii did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Computer & Information Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Hawaii” list.

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

Read full report on Computer & Information Sciences at UOPX - Hawaii

#2

University of Hawaii at Hilo

Hilo, Hawaii

#4 in overall quality

$13,885 Average Net Price

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Hawaii at Hilo. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Computer & Information Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in Hawaii. UH Hilo is located in Hilo, Hawaii and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 17 bachelors’s computer and information sciences degrees to qualified students.

UH Hilo also made our “Best Computer & Information Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Hawaii” list, coming in at #4. It costs about $13,885 for hawaii bachelor’s degree computer & information sciences students per year to attend UH Hilo.

Read more about Computer & Information Sciences at UH Hilo

#3

University of Hawaii at Manoa

Honolulu, Hawaii

#2 in overall quality

$15,030 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Hawaii at Manoa. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Computer & Information Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in Hawaii list. Honolulu, Hawaii is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s computer and information sciences degrees to 66 students in 2019-2020.

UH Manoa also made our “Best Computer & Information Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Hawaii” list, coming in at #2. The estimated yearly cost for UH Manoa is $15,030 for Hawaii Bachelor’s Degree Computer & Information Sciences students.

The low student loan default rate of 3.3% 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%.

Full University of Hawaii at Manoa Computer & Information Sciences Report

#4

Hawaii Pacific University

Honolulu, Hawaii

#1 in overall quality

$27,508 Average Net Price

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Hawaii Pacific University. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Computer & Information Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in Hawaii. Honolulu, Hawaii is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s computer and information sciences degrees to 30 students in 2019-2020.

Hawaii Pacific University not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Computer & Information Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Hawaii” list. It costs about $27,508 for Hawaii Bachelor’s Degree Computer & Information Sciences students per year to attend Hawaii Pacific University.

Full Hawaii Pacific University Computer & Information Sciences Report

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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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