by our College Data Analytics Team
With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. 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 Special Ed Major in Hawaii for a Bachelor’s” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Special Education is the 29th most popular major in the country with 36,792 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, special education graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $45,679 and had an average of $24,977 in loans still to pay off.
Across Hawaii, there were 115 special education graduates with average earnings and debt of $50,376 and $21,681 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 21 special education graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,385 and $28,544 respectively.
This year’s “Most Well Attended Special Ed Major in Hawaii for a Bachelor’s” ranking analyzed 3 colleges that offered a degree in special education. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have one of the most popular special education programs in the United States.
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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Most Well Attended Special Ed Major in Hawaii for a Bachelor’s” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for hawaii bachelor’s degree special ed students.
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 Special Ed Major in Hawaii for a Bachelor’s list. University of Hawaii at Manoa is a public institution located in Honolulu, Hawaii. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 13 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default 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 Special Ed Major in Hawaii for a Bachelor’s. Honolulu, Hawaii is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s special ed degrees to 8 students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Brigham Young University - Hawaii. The school came in at #3 for the Most Well Attended Special Ed Major in Hawaii for a Bachelor’s. BYU - H is a private not-for-profit institution located in Laie, Hawaii. The school has a small population, and it awarded 0 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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