2024 Best Social Work Schools in Hawaii

Ranked #9 in popularity, social work is one of the most sought-after degree programs in the nation. This means there are lots of options to choose from when you decide to get your degree.

For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in Hawaii to determine which ones were the best for social work students pursuing a degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 199 degrees in social work during the 2020-2021 academic year.

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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Social Work Schools in Hawaii ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision. If you'd like to restrict your choices to just one part of the country, you can filter this list by location.

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Best Schools for Social Work in Hawaii

If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the social work degrees they offer, see the list below.

Top Hawaii Schools in Social Work

1

University of Hawaii at Manoa
Honolulu, HI

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

132 Social Work Degrees Awarded

4.5% Growth in Graduates

University of Hawaii at Manoa is one of the best schools in the country for getting a degree in social work. UH Manoa is a fairly large public university located in the city of Honolulu.More information about a degree in social work from University of Hawaii at Manoa

2

Hawaii Pacific University
Honolulu, HI

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

Hawaii Pacific University is a good decision for students pursuing a degree in social work. Located in the city of Honolulu, Hawaii Pacific University is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population.More information about a degree in social work from Hawaii Pacific University

 

Best Social Work Colleges in the Far Western US Region

Explore all the Best Social Work Colleges in the Far Western US Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
California	999	4,790
Washington	831	619
Oregon	587	501
Nevada	354	462
Alaska	167	74

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Social Work Related Rankings by Major

Social Work is one of 3 different types of Social Work programs to choose from.

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• 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 the rest 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).
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More about our data sources and methodologies.