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2022 Best Value Public Admin Schools for an Associate in Hawaii For Those Getting Aid

1 Ranked Colleges
3 Degrees Awarded
$27,500 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Public Admin Schools for an Associate in Hawaii For Those Getting Aid

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Public Admin Schools for an Associate in Hawaii For Those Getting Aid” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 17,269 people earned their degree in public administration, making the major the 58th most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, public administration graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $48,859 and had an average of $42,077 in loans still to pay off.

Across Hawaii, there were 152 public administration graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,767 and $17,493 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 3 public administration graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,032 and $14,475 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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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The public admin 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 “Best Value Public Admin Schools for an Associate in Hawaii For Those Getting Aid”.

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Best Value Public Admin Schools for an Associate in Hawaii For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for hawaii associate degree public admin students with aid.

Top 1 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Public Administration in Hawaii (With Aid)

#1

Hawaii Pacific University

Honolulu, Hawaii
#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Hawaii Pacific University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Public Admin Schools for an Associate in Hawaii For Those Getting Aid list. Hawaii Pacific University is located in Honolulu, Hawaii and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 3 associates’s public admin degrees to qualified students.

Hawaii Pacific University also took the #1 spot in our “Best Public Administration Associate Degree Schools in Hawaii” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Hawaii Pacific University is $27,508 for Hawaii Associate Degree Public Admin students with aid.

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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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