2023 Schools Highly Focused on Geography Major in Hawaii

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools Highly Focused on Geography Major in Hawaii” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Geography is the 159th most popular major in the country with 4,954 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

Across Hawaii, there were 44 geography graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Schools Highly Focused on Geography Major in Hawaii” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in geography. That schools that top this list have a program in geography in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.

For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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The geography 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 “Schools Highly Focused on Geography Major in Hawaii”.

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Schools Highly Focused on Geography Major in Hawaii

The colleges and universities below are the best for hawaii geography students.

Top 2 Most Focused Colleges for Geography in Hawaii

1

University of Hawaii at Hilo
Hilo, Hawaii

#7 overall quality in Hawaii

$39,336 Average Early-Career Earnings

$23,111 Average Student Debt

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools Highly Focused on Geography Major 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 ’s geography degrees to 13 students in 2020-2021.

Read full report on Geography at UH Hilo

2

University of Hawaii at Manoa
Honolulu, Hawaii

#3 overall quality in Hawaii

$42,927 Average Early-Career Earnings

$21,501 Average Student Debt

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Hawaii at Manoa. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools Highly Focused on Geography Major in Hawaii list. UH Manoa is located in Honolulu, Hawaii and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 31 ’s geography degrees to qualified students.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on 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

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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.

Credits

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