2022 Best Value Liberal Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in Hawaii

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Liberal Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in Hawaii” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

With 559,661 degrees handed out in 2019-2020, liberal arts general studies is the 1st most popular major in the United States. In 2017-2018, liberal arts general studies graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $26,786 and had an average of $16,538 in loans still to pay off.

Across Hawaii, there were 1,954 liberal arts general studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $24,263 and $12,498 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 83 liberal arts general studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,142 and $24,022 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Liberal Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in Hawaii” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in liberal arts general studies. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality liberal arts general studies programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the liberal arts general studies program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Liberal Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in Hawaii

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

Top 3 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Liberal Arts General Studies in Hawaii

#1

Brigham Young University - Hawaii

Laie, Hawaii

#3 in overall quality

$14,051 Average Net Price

$29,685 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Brigham Young University - Hawaii. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Liberal Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in Hawaii list. Brigham Young University - Hawaii is located in Laie, Hawaii and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 6 bachelors’s liberal arts degrees to qualified students.

BYU - H also made our “Best Liberal Arts General Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Hawaii” list, coming in at #3. The yearly cost to attend Brigham Young University - Hawaii is $14,051 for hawaii bachelor’s degree liberal arts students.

Read more about Liberal Arts General Studies at Brigham Young University - Hawaii

#2

University of Hawaii - West Oahu

Kapolei, Hawaii

#2 in overall quality

$13,331 Average Net Price

$33,993 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Hawaii - West Oahu. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Liberal Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in Hawaii. UH West Oahu is a small school located in Kapolei, Hawaii that handed out 30 bachelors’s liberal arts degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our hawaii bachelor’s degree liberal arts students list, UH West Oahu has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Liberal Arts General Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Hawaii” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for UH West Oahu is $13,331 for hawaii bachelor’s degree liberal arts students.

Full University of Hawaii - West Oahu Liberal Arts General Studies Report

#3

University of Hawaii at Manoa

Honolulu, Hawaii

#1 in overall quality

$15,030 Average Net Price

$29,141 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Hawaii at Manoa. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Liberal Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in Hawaii list. UH Manoa is a fairly large school located in Honolulu, Hawaii that handed out 39 bachelors’s liberal arts degrees in 2019-2020.

UH Manoa did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Liberal Arts General Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Hawaii” list. The yearly cost to attend UH Manoa is $15,030 for Hawaii Bachelor’s Degree Liberal Arts students.

The low student loan default rate of 3.3% 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%.

Read full report on Liberal Arts General 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.

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