2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Mechanical Engineering (Income $48-$75k) 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 ME Schools for a Doctorate in Hawaii For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 1 mechanical engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $66,413 and $117,900 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality mechanical engineering 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 mechanical engineering 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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The me school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value ME Schools for a Doctorate in Hawaii For Those Making $48-$75k”.

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Best Value ME Schools for a Doctorate in Hawaii For Those Making $48-$75k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value ME Schools for a Doctorate in Hawaii For Those Making $48-$75k.

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Mechanical Engineering (Income $48-$75k) in Hawaii

#1

University of Hawaii at Manoa

Honolulu, Hawaii

#1 in overall quality

$34,550 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value ME Schools for a Doctorate in Hawaii For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Hawaii at Manoa landed the #1 spot on the list. UH Manoa is a fairly large school located in Honolulu, Hawaii that handed out 1 doctorate’s ME degrees in 2019-2020.

UH Manoa also made our “Best Mechanical Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in Hawaii” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Hawaii at Manoa are $34,550, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Mechanical Engineering at University of Hawaii at Manoa

• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Mechanical Engineering (Income $48-$75k) in the Far Western US Region
• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Mechanical Engineering (Income $48-$75k)

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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