2022 best colleges in Hawaii
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Net cost: The median annual cost of all students that receive any aid. This does not refer to the “sticker price”, the price listed by the college.
Earnings: The median earnings of all bachelor-level students 10 years after enrollment. This includes both students that do and do not graduate, across all majors.
Payback: The amount of time in years it takes to pay off the median net cost by the median earnings. For this calculation, the median earning of high school graduates (in the school’s home state) are deducted from the median earnings.
Degree premium: The difference between the school’s median earnings and the median earnings for all schools in the same state. This is called “Vs. state average” in school profiles below.
Ranking: The payback rate is divided by the degree premium (set as a percentage), the lower the number the higher the rank. (i.e. payback=1, degree premium 20% higher than state school median: 1/120% = .883.
University of Hawaii at Manoa
Honolulu, Hawaii
Admission rate: 84%
Grad rate: 63%
Net cost: $15,030
Payback: 2.7 Years
Earnings: $52,862
Vs. state average: + $13,047
Economic score: 2.05
Brigham Young University-Hawaii
Laie, Hawaii
Admission rate: 76%
Grad rate: 67%
Net cost: $14,051
Payback: 3.0 Years
Earnings: $49,232
Vs. state average: + $9,417
Economic score: 2.42
University of Hawaii-West Oahu
Kapolei, Hawaii
Admission rate: 96%
Grad rate: 48%
Net cost: $13,331
Payback: 3.3 Years
Earnings: $48,268
Vs. state average: + $8,453
Economic score: 2.72
Chaminade University of Honolulu
Honolulu, Hawaii
Admission rate: 89%
Grad rate: 48%
Net cost: $25,075
Payback: 6.2 Years
Earnings: $44,647
Vs. state average: + $4,832
Economic score: 5.50
Hawaii Pacific University
Honolulu, Hawaii
Admission rate: 82%
Grad rate: 35%
Net cost: $27,508
Payback: 4.2 Years
Earnings: $56,483
Vs. state average: + $16,668
Economic score: 2.96
University of Hawaii at Hilo
Hilo, Hawaii
Admission rate: 74%
Grad rate: 42%
Net cost: $13,885
Payback: 4.2 Years
Earnings: $43,823
Vs. state average: + $4,008
Economic score: 3.82
Pacific Rim Christian University
Honolulu, Hawaii
Admission rate: 60%
Grad rate: 95%
Net cost: $14,616
Payback: N/A
Earnings: N/A
Vs. state average: N/A
Economic score: N/A