by our College Data Analytics Team
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Astronomy Major in Hawaii” ranking - to help you make that decision.
Astronomy & Astrophysics is the 219th most popular major in the country with 1,375 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, astronomy and astrophysics graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $31,221 and had an average of $24,484 in loans still to pay off.
Across Hawaii, there were 19 astronomy and astrophysics graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 11 astronomy and astrophysics graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,385 and $28,544 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Astronomy Major in Hawaii” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in astronomy and astrophysics. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their astronomy and astrophysics program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Astronomy Major in Hawaii” list, to help you choose the best school for you.
We’ve created a tool called College Combat that lets you create your own customized comparisons based on the factors that matter the most to you. Test it out when you get a chance! You may also want to bookmark the link and share it with others who are trying to make the college decision.
The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Astronomy Major in Hawaii”.
Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Astronomy Major in Hawaii that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Hawaii at Hilo landed the #1 spot on the list. University of Hawaii at Hilo is a small public school situated in Hilo, Hawaii. It awarded 3 bachelors’s astronomy degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Hawaii at Manoa. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Astronomy Major in Hawaii list. University of Hawaii at Manoa is a fairly large school located in Honolulu, Hawaii that handed out 8 bachelors’s astronomy 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%.
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