2022 Best Value Public Admin Schools for a Master’s in Hawaii

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In 2019-2020, 17,269 people earned their degree in public administration, making the major the 47th most popular in the United States.

Across Hawaii, there were 152 public administration graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 21 public administration graduates with average earnings and debt of $49,195 and $40,792 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great public administration programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the public administration 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 Public Admin Schools for a Master’s in Hawaii

The colleges and universities below are the best for hawaii master’s degree public admin students.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Public Administration in Hawaii

#1

Hawaii Pacific University

Honolulu, Hawaii

#1 in overall quality

$20,600 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Public Admin Schools for a Master’s in Hawaii that were part of this year’s ranking, Hawaii Pacific University landed the #1 spot on the list. Hawaii Pacific University is a small school located in Honolulu, Hawaii that handed out 13 masters’s public admin degrees in 2019-2020.

Hawaii Pacific University did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Public Administration Master’s Degree Schools in Hawaii” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Hawaii Pacific University are $20,600.

Read full report on Public Administration 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

• *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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