by our College Data Analytics Team
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Most Well Attended Nursing Major in Hawaii for a Master’s” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
With 322,592 degrees handed out in 2020-2021, nursing is the 3rd most popular major in the United States. In 2019-2020, nursing graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $70,916 and had an average of $25,426 in loans still to pay off.
Across Hawaii, there were 535 nursing graduates with average earnings and debt of $74,192 and $20,819 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 29 nursing graduates with average earnings and debt of $51,867 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Most Well Attended Nursing Major in Hawaii for a Master’s” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in nursing. To top this list, a school must have a successful nursing program that graduates more students in the field than other colleges that offer the same major.
See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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 “Most Well Attended Nursing Major in Hawaii for a Master’s”.
In addition to College Factual’s rankings, you may want to take a look at College Combat, our unique tool that lets you pit your favorite schools head-to-head and compare how they rate on factors that most interest you. We encourage you to try it out and pit your favorite colleges and universities head to head! If you don’t have time right now, you can bookmark it for later.
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Well Attended Nursing Major in Hawaii for a Master’s”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Hawaii at Manoa. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Nursing Major in Hawaii for a Master’s list. This fairly large school is located in Honolulu, Hawaii, and it awarded 17 masters’s nursing 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%.
Out of the 2 schools in the Most Well Attended Nursing Major in Hawaii for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Hawaii Pacific University landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Honolulu, Hawaii, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 12 degrees to qualified masters’s nursing students in 2020-2021.
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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