2026 Best Value Pacific Area/Pacific Rim Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools
[Pacific Area/Pacific Rim Studies](/majors/ethnic-cultural-gender-studies/area-studies/pacific-area-pacific-rim-studies/) degree programs vary widely in price and payoff across the country. The best values balance affordable tuition against strong post-graduation earnings.
For its 2026 best-value ranking, College Factual looked at 5 schools to find the best return on investment for pacific area/pacific rim studies students.
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2026 Best Value Pacific Area/Pacific Rim Studies Schools in the United States
Below are the schools that deliver the strongest value in pacific area/pacific rim studies, balancing cost against outcomes.
Best Value Pacific Area/Pacific Rim Studies Schools
For return on investment in pacific area/pacific rim studies, no school beat University Of Hawaii At Manoa this year. Located in the city of Honolulu, University Of Hawaii At Manoa is a very large public university. Students from in state pay about $12,186 in tuition and fees, compared with $34,218 for out-of-state students. Students borrow a median of $25,000 to complete the pacific area/pacific rim studies program here. Early-career pacific area/pacific rim studies graduates make about $48,181. That is a strong return on a $25,000 median debt. The acceptance rate is 87%.
Other Pacific Area/Pacific Rim Studies Degree Levels
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Notes and References
This list is compiled by College Factual (MF_RANKING_2025), 2026 edition. Schools are scored on the balance of cost (tuition and student debt) against student outcomes (post-graduation earnings) — a measure of return on investment, drawn primarily from the U.S. Department of Education (IPEDS and College Scorecard).
Ranking method: College Major Best Value · 5 schools evaluated.
*Averages shown above reflect the top 1 ranked schools only.
- 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).
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