2023 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Political Science & Government in Hawaii

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In 2020-2021, 49,282 people earned their degree in political science and government, making the major the 20th most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, political science and government graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $34,387 and had an average of $23,175 in loans still to pay off.

Across Hawaii, there were 141 political science and government graduates with average earnings and debt of $28,981 and $19,500 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 5 political science and government graduates with average earnings and debt of $51,867 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Political Science Major in Hawaii” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in political science and government. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in political science and government.

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Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Political Science Major in Hawaii

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Political Science Major in Hawaii”.

Top 2 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Political Science & Government in Hawaii

1

University of Hawaii at Manoa
Honolulu, Hawaii

#3 overall quality in Hawaii

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Political Science Major in Hawaii that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Hawaii at Manoa landed the #1 spot on the list. University of Hawaii at Manoa is a fairly large school located in Honolulu, Hawaii that handed out 5 masters’s political science degrees in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Political Science & Government at UH Manoa

2

Hawaii Pacific University
Honolulu, Hawaii

#6 overall quality in Hawaii

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Hawaii Pacific University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Political Science Major in Hawaii list. Hawaii Pacific University is a small school located in Honolulu, Hawaii that handed out 3 masters’s political science degrees in 2020-2021.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Political Science & Government at Hawaii Pacific University

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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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