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2022 Best Value Registered Nursing Schools for a Bachelor’s in Hawaii

5 Ranked Colleges
371 Degrees Awarded
$20,400 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Registered Nursing Schools for a Bachelor's in Hawaii

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Registered Nursing Schools for a Bachelor’s in Hawaii” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

With 259,493 degrees handed out in 2019-2020, registered nursing is the 3rd most popular major in the United States.

Across Hawaii, there were 540 registered nursing graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 371 registered nursing graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,142 and $24,022 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Registered Nursing Schools for a Bachelor’s in Hawaii” ranking looked at 5 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in registered nursing. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality registered nursing programs that also have a lower cost than 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 registered nursing program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Registered Nursing Schools for a Bachelor’s in Hawaii

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Registered Nursing Schools for a Bachelor’s in Hawaii.

Top 5 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Registered Nursing in Hawaii

#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Hawaii at Hilo. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Registered Nursing Schools for a Bachelor’s in Hawaii list. This small school is located in Hilo, Hawaii, and it awarded 65 bachelors’s registered nursing degrees in 2019-2020.

UH Hilo also took the #3 spot in our “Best Registered Nursing Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Hawaii” ranking. It costs about $13,885 for Hawaii Bachelor’s Degree Registered Nursing students per year to attend University of Hawaii at Hilo.

Full University of Hawaii at Hilo Registered Nursing Report

#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Hawaii at Manoa. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Registered Nursing Schools for a Bachelor’s in Hawaii. UH Manoa is a fairly large school located in Honolulu, Hawaii that handed out 116 bachelors’s registered nursing degrees in 2019-2020.

UH Manoa did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Registered Nursing Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Hawaii” list. It costs about $15,030 for Hawaii Bachelor’s Degree Registered Nursing students per year to attend UH Manoa.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 3.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full University of Hawaii at Manoa Registered Nursing Report

#5 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Phoenix - Hawaii. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Registered Nursing Schools for a Bachelor’s in Hawaii list. Honolulu, Hawaii is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private for-profit school handed out bachelors’s registered nursing degrees to 5 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UOPX - Hawaii, the school also landed the #5 spot in our “Best Registered Nursing Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Hawaii” ranking.

The impressive student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.

Full UOPX - Hawaii Registered Nursing Report

#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Chaminade University of Honolulu. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Registered Nursing Schools for a Bachelor’s in Hawaii. Chaminade University of Honolulu is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Honolulu, Hawaii. It awarded 66 bachelors’s registered nursing degrees in 2019-2020.

Chaminade University of Honolulu also made our “Best Registered Nursing Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Hawaii” list, coming in at #2. It costs about $25,075 for hawaii bachelor’s degree registered nursing students per year to attend Chaminade University of Honolulu.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 4.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.

Full Chaminade University of Honolulu Registered Nursing Report

#5

Hawaii Pacific University

Honolulu, Hawaii
#4 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Hawaii Pacific University. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Registered Nursing Schools for a Bachelor’s in Hawaii. Hawaii Pacific University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Honolulu, Hawaii. The school has a small population, and it awarded 119 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our hawaii bachelor’s degree registered nursing students list, Hawaii Pacific University has also earned the #4 rank in our “Best Registered Nursing Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Hawaii” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Hawaii Pacific University is $27,508 for hawaii bachelor’s degree registered nursing students.

Full Hawaii Pacific University Registered 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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