2025 Best Registered Nursing Associate Degree Schools in Hawaii

Registered Nursing is of the hottest associate degree programs in the United States, coming in as the #3 most popular major in the country. So, there are lots of possibilities to explore when you're trying to determine where you want to get your degree.

In 2025, College Factual analyzed 4 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Registered Nursing Associate Degree Schools in Hawaii ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 117 associate degrees in registered nursing during the 2022-2023 academic year.

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Choosing a Great Registered Nursing School for Your Associate Degree

Your choice of registered nursing for getting your associate degree school matters. Important measures of a quality registered nursing program can vary widely even among the top schools. Below we explain some of the most important factors to consider before making your choice:

Overall Quality Is a Must

The overall quality of a associate degree school is important to ensure a good education, not just how well they do in a particular major. To make it into this list a school must rank well in our overall Best Colleges ranking. This ranking considered factors such as graduation rates, overall graduate earnings and other educational resources to identify great colleges and universities.

Other Factors We Consider

In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on registered nursing students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other registered nursing students want to attend this school to pursue a associate degree.
• Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized registered nursing related body.

Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for registered nursing students working on their associate degree.

More Ways to Rank Registered Nursing Schools

Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Registered Nursing Associate Degree Schools in Hawaii ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

Best Schools for Associate Students to Study Registered Nursing in Hawaii

The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing an associate degree in registered nursing.

Top Hawaii Schools for an Associate in Registered Nursing

1

University of Hawaii Maui College
Kahului, HI

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

31 Annual Graduates

Any student pursuing a degree in an associate degree in registered nursing needs to take a look at University of Hawaii Maui College. Located in the small city of Kahului, UH Maui College is a public university with a small student population.More information about a associate in registered nursing from University of Hawaii Maui College

2

Kapiolani Community College
Honolulu, HI

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

44 Annual Graduates

Kapiolani Community College is a great option for individuals pursuing an associate degree in registered nursing. Kapiolani CC is a moderately-sized public college located in the city of Honolulu.More information about a associate in registered nursing from Kapiolani Community College

3

Hawaii Community College
Hilo, HI

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

30 Annual Graduates

Hawaii Community College is one of the best schools in the country for getting an associate degree in registered nursing. Located in the remote town of Hilo, Hawaii CC is a public college with a small student population.More information about a associate in registered nursing from Hawaii Community College

4

Kauai Community College
Lihue, HI

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

12 Annual Graduates

Any student who is interested in an associate degree in registered nursing has to look into Kauai Community College. Located in the rural area of Lihue, Kauai CC is a public college with a small student population.More information about a associate in registered nursing from Kauai Community College

Best Registered Nursing Colleges in the Far Western US Region

Explore all the Best Registered Nursing Colleges in the Far Western US Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
California	405	5,581
Washington	288	1,825
Oregon	260	608
Nevada	185	519

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Registered Nursing Related Rankings by Major

One of 23 majors within the Nursing area of study, Registered Nursing has other similar majors worth exploring.

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• 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 the rest 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).
• Credit for the banner image above goes to Aleksahgabrielle. More about our data sources and methodologies.