2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Astronomy & Astrophysics in Hawaii

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Astronomy Schools for a Doctorate in Hawaii” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Astronomy & Astrophysics is the 222nd most popular major in the country with 1,268 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, astronomy and astrophysics graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $27,700 and had an average of $21,346 in loans still to pay off.

Across Hawaii, there were 26 astronomy and astrophysics graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 5 astronomy and astrophysics graduates with average earnings and debt of $66,413 and $117,900 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality astronomy and astrophysics 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 astronomy and astrophysics program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

More Ways to Rank Astronomy & Astrophysics Schools

Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Best Value Astronomy Schools for a Doctorate in Hawaii” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

To further help you make the college decision, we’ve developed a unique tool called College Combat that allows you to compare schools based on the factors that matter the most to you. Go ahead and give it a try, or bookmark the link so you can check it out later.

Best Value Astronomy Schools for a Doctorate in Hawaii

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Astronomy Schools for a Doctorate in Hawaii.

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Astronomy & Astrophysics in Hawaii

#1

University of Hawaii at Manoa

Honolulu, Hawaii

#1 in overall quality

$34,550 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Astronomy Schools for a Doctorate in Hawaii that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Hawaii at Manoa landed the #1 spot on the list. University of Hawaii at Manoa is a fairly large public school situated in Honolulu, Hawaii. It awarded 5 doctorate’s astronomy degrees in 2019-2020.

UH Manoa did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Astronomy & Astrophysics Doctor’s Degree Schools in Hawaii” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at UH Manoa are $34,550, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Astronomy & Astrophysics at University of Hawaii at 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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