2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Area Studies in Hawaii

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. 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 Area Studies Schools for a Master’s in Hawaii” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 6,820 people earned their degree in area studies, making the major the 106th most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, area studies graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $33,734 and had an average of $23,024 in loans still to pay off.

Across Hawaii, there were 55 area studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $29,200 and $30,513 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 19 area studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $49,195 and $40,792 respectively.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent area studies programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the area studies program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value Area Studies Schools for a Master’s in Hawaii” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

In addition to our rankings, you can take two colleges and compare them based on the criteria that matters most to you in our unique tool, College Combat. When you have some time, check it out - you may want to bookmark the link so you don’t forget it.

Best Value Area Studies Schools for a Master’s in Hawaii

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Area Studies Schools for a Master’s in Hawaii.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Area Studies in Hawaii

#1

University of Hawaii at Manoa

Honolulu, Hawaii

#1 in overall quality

$34,550 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$17,846 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Area Studies Schools for a Master’s in Hawaii 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 19 masters’s area studies degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our hawaii master’s degree area studies students list, UH Manoa has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Area Studies Master’s Degree Schools in Hawaii” ranking. 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 full report on Area Studies at UH Manoa

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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

• *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 Karl Udo Gerth.

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