by our College Data Analytics Team
Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Most Well Attended Education Major in Hawaii for a Master’s” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2020-2021, 327,871 education students received their degree, making the major the 4th most popular in the country. In 2019-2020, education graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $46,202 and had an average of $24,437 in loans still to pay off.
Across Hawaii, there were 968 education graduates with average earnings and debt of $51,139 and $23,599 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 366 education graduates with average earnings and debt of $51,867 and $0 respectively.
For this year’s “Most Well Attended Education Major in Hawaii for a Master’s” ranking, we looked at 4 colleges that offer a degree in education. To top this list, a school must have a successful education program that graduates more students in the field than other colleges that offer the same major.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Well Attended Education Major in Hawaii for a Master’s”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Hawaii at Manoa. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Education Major in Hawaii for a Master’s list. This fairly large school is located in Honolulu, Hawaii, and it awarded 221 masters’s education degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Chaminade University of Honolulu. The school came in at #2 for the Most Well Attended Education Major in Hawaii for a Master’s. Chaminade University of Honolulu is located in Honolulu, Hawaii and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 90 masters’s education degrees to qualified students.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.8% 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%. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Hawaii Pacific University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Education Major in Hawaii for a Master’s list. Hawaii Pacific University is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Honolulu, Hawaii. It awarded 42 masters’s education degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Hawaii at Hilo. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Education Major in Hawaii for a Master’s list. This small school is located in Hilo, Hawaii, and it awarded 13 masters’s education degrees in 2020-2021.
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