2022 Best Value Geography Schools for a Bachelor’s in Hawaii

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Geography Schools for a Bachelor’s in Hawaii” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Geography is the 144th most popular major in the country with 5,476 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across Hawaii, there were 54 geography graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 40 geography graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,142 and $24,022 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Geography Schools for a Bachelor’s in Hawaii” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in geography. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great geography programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the geography program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Geography Schools for a Bachelor’s in Hawaii

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

Top 2 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Geography in Hawaii

#1

University of Hawaii at Hilo

Hilo, Hawaii

#2 in overall quality

$13,885 Average Net Price

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Geography Schools for a Bachelor’s in Hawaii that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Hawaii at Hilo landed the #1 spot on the list. Hilo, Hawaii is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s geography degrees to 30 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UH Hilo, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Geography Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Hawaii” ranking. The yearly cost to attend University of Hawaii at Hilo is $13,885 for Hawaii Bachelor’s Degree Geography students.

Full UH Hilo Geography Report

#2

University of Hawaii at Manoa

Honolulu, Hawaii

#1 in overall quality

$15,030 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Hawaii at Manoa. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Geography Schools for a Bachelor’s in Hawaii list. Honolulu, Hawaii is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s geography degrees to 10 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UH Manoa, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Geography Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Hawaii” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for University of Hawaii at Manoa is $15,030 for Hawaii Bachelor’s Degree Geography students.

The student loan default rate at the school is 3.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Geography 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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