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2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Economics (Income $30-$48k) in Hawaii

1 Ranked Colleges
12 Degrees Awarded
$34,500 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Economics Schools for a Master's in Hawaii For Those Making $30-$48k

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Economics Schools for a Master’s in Hawaii For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 48,831 people earned their degree in economics, making the major the 18th most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, economics graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $47,295 and had an average of $21,978 in loans still to pay off.

Across Hawaii, there were 102 economics graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,100 and $15,000 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 12 economics graduates with average earnings and debt of $49,195 and $40,792 respectively.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent economics programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the economics program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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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 “Best Value Economics Schools for a Master’s in Hawaii For Those Making $30-$48k” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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Best Value Economics Schools for a Master’s in Hawaii For Those Making $30-$48k

The colleges and universities below are the best for hawaii master’s degree economics students whose families make $30-$48k.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Economics (Income $30-$48k) in Hawaii

#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Hawaii at Manoa. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Economics Schools for a Master’s in Hawaii For Those Making $30-$48k list. Honolulu, Hawaii is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s economics degrees to 12 students in 2019-2020.

UH Manoa also took the #1 spot in our “Best Economics Master’s Degree Schools in Hawaii” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Hawaii at Manoa are $34,550, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Economics at UH Manoa

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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