2021 Best Affordable Colleges in Hawaii for Students from Malaysia

When pursuing a degree in today's world, international students have many different options to choose from. 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 Colleges for Malaysian Students in Hawaii ranking is part of that endeavor.

Our analysis looked at 2 schools in Hawaii to determine which ones were the best for Malaysian students in Hawaii. Our ranking is based on several objective factors, including the school's overall value and the total number of international students at the school. We steer clear of subjective measures since they don't give a clear picture when determining how one school compares to another.

Learn more about our ranking methodology.

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Top Value Colleges in Hawaii for Students from Malaysia

See which schools came out on top of our ranking:

1

Hawaii Pacific University
Honolulu, HI

$30,020 Avg Undergrad Tuition & Fees

4.5% International Students

Our 2021 rankings named Hawaii Pacific University the best affordable school for Malaysian students in Hawaii working on their bachelor’s degree. Honolulu, Hawaii is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelor’s degrees to 498 students in 2020-2021.

Around 4.5% of the total student population at the school is international. Students studying at Hawaii Pacific University come from such countries as Norway, Germany, and Japan. International students at Hawaii Pacific University can expect to pay, on average, about $30,020 a year to attend the school. Graduate students pay around $20,600 a year in average tuition and fees.

Full Hawaii Pacific University Report

2

University of Hawaii at Manoa
Honolulu, HI

$34,218 Avg Undergrad Tuition & Fees

6.0% International Students

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Hawaii at Manoa. It ranked #2 on our 2021 Best Colleges for Malaysian students in Hawaii list. University of Hawaii at Manoa is a fairly large public school located in Honolulu, Hawaii that handed out 3,200 bachelor’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Of the total number of students at the school, 6.0% are international. The top three countries sending students to study at UH Manoa are Japan, China, and South Korea. Out-of-state tuition and fees for undergraduates at UH Manoa is about $34,218 a year, on average. Graduate students pay around $34,550 a year in average tuition and fees.

Read full report on University of Hawaii at Manoa

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Notes and References

Footnotes

*Avg Tuition and Fees and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top 2 schools only.

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%.

More about our data sources and methodologies.