2022 Best Value ME Schools in Hawaii For Those Making $30-$48k

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Best Value ME Schools in Hawaii For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2019-2020, 47,598 people earned their degree in mechanical engineering, making the major the 20th most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, mechanical engineering graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $64,495 and had an average of $23,104 in loans still to pay off.

Across Hawaii, there were 85 mechanical engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $62,900 and $22,500 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality mechanical engineering programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the mechanical engineering program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value ME Schools in Hawaii For Those Making $30-$48k” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value ME Schools in Hawaii For Those Making $30-$48k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value ME Schools in Hawaii For Those Making $30-$48k.

Top 1 Best Value Colleges for Mechanical Engineering (Income $30-$48k) in Hawaii

#1

University of Hawaii at Manoa

Honolulu, Hawaii

#1 in overall quality

$12,540 Average Net Price

$42,348 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value ME Schools in Hawaii For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Hawaii at Manoa landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Honolulu, Hawaii, this fairly large public school handed out 85 diplomas to qualified ’s ME students in 2019-2020.

UH Manoa did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Mechanical Engineering Schools in Hawaii” list. It costs about $12,540 for Hawaii ME students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend UH Manoa.

The student loan default rate at the school is 3.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Mechanical Engineering at UH Manoa

• Best Value Colleges for Mechanical Engineering (Income $30-$48k) in the Far Western US Region
• Best Value Colleges for Mechanical Engineering (Income $30-$48k)

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.

Credits

• Credit for the banner image above goes to Michel Villeneuve.

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