by our College Data Analytics Team
When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Most Well Attended Sociology Major in Hawaii for a Bachelor’s” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
Sociology is the 25th most popular major in the country with 38,475 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, sociology graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $31,426 and had an average of $24,587 in loans still to pay off.
Across Hawaii, there were 96 sociology graduates with average earnings and debt of $28,857 and $20,996 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 93 sociology graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,385 and $28,544 respectively.
For this year’s “Most Well Attended Sociology Major in Hawaii for a Bachelor’s” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree in sociology. This ranking identifies schools that graduate the most students in sociology.
See our ranking methodology to learn more.
When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Most Well Attended Sociology Major in Hawaii for a Bachelor’s” list to help you make the college decision.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Well Attended Sociology Major in Hawaii for a Bachelor’s”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Hawaii at Manoa. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Sociology Major in Hawaii for a Bachelor’s list. Located in Honolulu, Hawaii, this fairly large public school awarded 75 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s sociology students 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%.
Out of the 3 schools in the Most Well Attended Sociology Major in Hawaii for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Hawaii at Hilo landed the #2 spot on the list. Hilo, Hawaii is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s sociology degrees to 18 students in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Hawaii Pacific University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Sociology Major in Hawaii for a Bachelor’s list. Hawaii Pacific University is located in Honolulu, Hawaii and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 0 bachelors’s sociology degrees to qualified students.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.7% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
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