2023 Most Well Attended Engineering Major in Hawaii for a Bachelor’s

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Most Well Attended Engineering Major in Hawaii for a Bachelor’s” ranking.

In 2020-2021, 198,468 engineering students received their degree, making the major the 7th most popular in the country. In 2019-2020, engineering graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $68,653 and had an average of $23,855 in loans still to pay off.

Across Hawaii, there were 301 engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,419 and $20,625 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 238 engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,385 and $28,544 respectively.

This year’s “Most Well Attended Engineering Major in Hawaii for a Bachelor’s” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in engineering. To top this list, a school must have a successful engineering program that graduates more students in the field than other colleges that offer the same major.

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Most Well Attended Engineering Major in Hawaii for a Bachelor’s

The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Well Attended Engineering Major in Hawaii for a Bachelor’s”.

Top 2 Most Popular Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Engineering in Hawaii

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University of Hawaii at Manoa
Honolulu, Hawaii

#3 overall quality in Hawaii

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Hawaii at Manoa. The school came in at #1 for the Most Well Attended Engineering Major in Hawaii for a Bachelor’s. University of Hawaii at Manoa is a public institution located in Honolulu, Hawaii. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 238 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.5% 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 Engineering Report

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Hawaii Pacific University
Honolulu, Hawaii

#6 overall quality in Hawaii

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Hawaii Pacific University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Engineering Major in Hawaii for a Bachelor’s list. Hawaii Pacific University is located in Honolulu, Hawaii and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 0 bachelors’s engineering degrees to qualified students.

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%.

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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

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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 Petty Officer 3rd Class Declan Barnes.