2023 Schools Highly Focused on Pacific Area/Pacific Rim Studies Major in Hawaii

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools Highly Focused on Pacific Area/Pacific Rim Studies Major in Hawaii” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2020-2021, 27 people earned their degree in Pacific Area/Pacific Rim studies, making the major the 1203rd most popular in the United States.

Across Hawaii, there were 19 Pacific Area/Pacific Rim studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools Highly Focused on Pacific Area/Pacific Rim Studies Major in Hawaii” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree in Pacific Area/Pacific Rim studies. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their Pacific Area/Pacific Rim studies program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.

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Schools Highly Focused on Pacific Area/Pacific Rim Studies Major in Hawaii

The colleges and universities below are the best for hawaii pacific area/pacific rim studies students.

Top 3 Most Focused Colleges for Pacific Area/Pacific Rim Studies in Hawaii

1

Brigham Young University - Hawaii
Laie, Hawaii

#2 overall quality in Hawaii

$31,337 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Brigham Young University - Hawaii. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools Highly Focused on Pacific Area/Pacific Rim Studies Major in Hawaii list. BYU - H is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Laie, Hawaii. It awarded 13 ’s Pacific Area/Pacific Rim studies degrees in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Pacific Area/Pacific Rim Studies at Brigham Young University - Hawaii

2

University of Hawaii at Manoa
Honolulu, Hawaii

#3 overall quality in Hawaii

$42,927 Average Early-Career Earnings

$21,501 Average Student Debt

Out of the 3 schools in the Schools Highly Focused on Pacific Area/Pacific Rim Studies Major in Hawaii that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Hawaii at Manoa landed the #2 spot on the list. UH Manoa is a public institution located in Honolulu, Hawaii. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 6 ’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%.

Read more about Pacific Area/Pacific Rim Studies at UH Manoa

3

Hawaii Pacific University
Honolulu, Hawaii

#6 overall quality in Hawaii

$40,963 Average Early-Career Earnings

$21,756 Average Student Debt

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Hawaii Pacific University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools Highly Focused on Pacific Area/Pacific Rim Studies Major in Hawaii list. Hawaii Pacific University is located in Honolulu, Hawaii and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 0 ’s Pacific Area/Pacific Rim studies 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%.

Read more about Pacific Area/Pacific Rim Studies at Hawaii Pacific University

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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 Karl Udo Gerth.