A degree in psychology is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #8 out of 38 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.
In 2024, College Factual analyzed 3 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Psychology Schools in Hawaii ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 511 degrees in psychology during the 2020-2021 academic year.
Your choice of psychology school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. We derive our Best Overall Psychology School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.
The psychology school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Psychology Schools in Hawaii.
If you'd like to restrict your choices to just one part of the country, you can filter this list by location.
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If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the psychology degrees they offer, see the list below.
It's difficult to beat University of Hawaii at Manoa if you want to pursue a degree in psychology. Located in the large city of Honolulu, UH Manoa is a public university with a large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #373 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means UH Manoa is a great university overall.
There were about 236 psychology students who graduated with this degree at UH Manoa in the most recent year we have data available. Degree recipients from the psychology program at University of Hawaii at Manoa earn $7,531 above the typical college graduate with the same degree shortly after graduation.
Every student pursuing a degree in psychology needs to look into Chaminade University of Honolulu. Chaminade University of Honolulu is a small private not-for-profit university located in the city of Honolulu. This university ranks 4th out of 12 colleges for overall quality in the state of Hawaii.
There were approximately 124 psychology students who graduated with this degree at Chaminade University of Honolulu in the most recent data year. Students who graduate with their degree from the psychology program report average early career income of $40,180.
It is hard to beat University of Hawaii at Hilo if you want to pursue a degree in psychology. UH Hilo is a small public university located in the town of Hilo. This university ranks 10th out of 12 colleges for overall quality in the state of Hawaii.
There were about 74 psychology students who graduated with this degree at UH Hilo in the most recent year we have data available. Students who graduate with their degree from the psychology program state that they receive average early career income of $35,401.
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).
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Your choice of psychology school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. We derive our Best Overall Psychology School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
