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2022 Best Value Design Schools for an Associate in Hawaii For Those Making $48-$75k

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Best Value Design Schools for an Associate in Hawaii For Those Making $48-$75k

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Design Schools for an Associate in Hawaii For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2019-2020, 36,854 people earned their degree in design and applied arts, making the major the 34th most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, design and applied arts graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $29,542 and had an average of $27,114 in loans still to pay off.

Across Hawaii, there were 36 design and applied arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 7 design and applied arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,032 and $14,475 respectively.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent design and applied arts programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the design and applied arts program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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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 “Best Value Design Schools for an Associate in Hawaii For Those Making $48-$75k” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Design Schools for an Associate in Hawaii For Those Making $48-$75k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Design Schools for an Associate in Hawaii For Those Making $48-$75k.

Top 1 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Design & Applied Arts (Income $48-$75k) in Hawaii

#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Chaminade University of Honolulu. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Design Schools for an Associate in Hawaii For Those Making $48-$75k list. Located in Honolulu, Hawaii, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 2 diplomas to qualified associates’s design students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Chaminade University of Honolulu, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Design & Applied Arts Associate Degree Schools in Hawaii” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Chaminade University of Honolulu is $20,692 for Hawaii Associate Degree Design students whose families make $48-$75k.

The student loan default rate at the school is 4.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The impressive student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.

Read more about Design & Applied Arts at Chaminade University of Honolulu

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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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