2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Fine & Studio Arts in Hawaii

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in Hawaii” ranking.

In 2019-2020, 39,860 people earned their degree in fine and studio arts, making the major the 29th most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, fine and studio arts graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $23,847 and had an average of $28,316 in loans still to pay off.

Across Hawaii, there were 78 fine and studio arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $24,100 and $24,287 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 72 fine and studio arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,142 and $24,022 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in Hawaii” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in fine and studio arts. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great fine and studio arts programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the fine and studio arts program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in Hawaii

The colleges and universities below are the best for hawaii bachelor’s degree fine arts students.

Top 2 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Fine & Studio Arts in Hawaii

#1

University of Hawaii at Hilo

Hilo, Hawaii

#2 in overall quality

$13,885 Average Net Price

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in Hawaii that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Hawaii at Hilo landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Hilo, Hawaii, this small public school handed out 11 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s Fine Arts students in 2019-2020.

UH Hilo did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Fine & Studio Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Hawaii” list. It costs about $13,885 for hawaii bachelor’s degree fine arts students per year to attend University of Hawaii at Hilo.

Full University of Hawaii at Hilo Fine & Studio Arts Report

#2

University of Hawaii at Manoa

Honolulu, Hawaii

#1 in overall quality

$15,030 Average Net Price

$26,643 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Hawaii at Manoa. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in Hawaii list. University of Hawaii at Manoa is a fairly large school located in Honolulu, Hawaii that handed out 54 bachelors’s Fine Arts degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UH Manoa, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Fine & Studio Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Hawaii” ranking. The yearly cost to attend UH Manoa is $15,030 for Hawaii Bachelor’s Degree Fine Arts students.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 3.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Fine & Studio Arts at UH Manoa

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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.

Credits

• Credit for the banner image above goes to Jorge Royan.

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