2022 Best Value Nursing Schools for a Master’s in Hawaii

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 Nursing Schools for a Master’s in Hawaii” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Nursing is one of the most popular majors in the nation, ranking 3rd of all the majors we analyze. In 2019-2020, 313,362 degrees were awarded to students with this major. In 2017-2018, nursing graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $67,065 and had an average of $26,282 in loans still to pay off.

Across Hawaii, there were 590 nursing graduates with average earnings and debt of $68,310 and $27,411 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 34 nursing graduates with average earnings and debt of $49,195 and $40,792 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Nursing Schools for a Master’s in Hawaii” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in nursing. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality nursing programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the nursing program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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The nursing 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 Nursing Schools for a Master’s in Hawaii”.

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Best Value Nursing Schools for a Master’s in Hawaii

The colleges and universities below are the best for hawaii master’s degree nursing students.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Nursing in Hawaii

#1

University of Hawaii at Manoa

Honolulu, Hawaii

#1 in overall quality

$34,550 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$102,409 Average Early-Career Earnings

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 Best Value Nursing Schools for a Master’s in Hawaii. UH Manoa is a fairly large public school situated in Honolulu, Hawaii. It awarded 17 masters’s nursing degrees in 2019-2020.

UH Manoa also made our “Best Nursing Master’s Degree Schools in Hawaii” list, coming in at #1. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at UH Manoa are $34,550.

Read full report on Nursing at University of Hawaii at Manoa

#2

Hawaii Pacific University

Honolulu, Hawaii

#2 in overall quality

$20,600 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Nursing Schools for a Master’s in Hawaii that were part of this year’s ranking, Hawaii Pacific University landed the #2 spot on the list. This small school is located in Honolulu, Hawaii, and it awarded 17 masters’s nursing degrees in 2019-2020.

Hawaii Pacific University also made our “Best Nursing Master’s Degree Schools in Hawaii” list, coming in at #2. Average graduate tuition and fees at Hawaii Pacific University are $20,600, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Hawaii Pacific University Nursing Report

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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.

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