Information Technology at Hawaii Pacific University

If you are interested in studying information technology, you may want to check out the program at Hawaii Pacific University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Hawaii Pacific University is located in Honolulu, Hawaii and approximately 4,243 students attend the school each year.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Information Technology section at the bottom of this page.

Hawaii Pacific University Information Technology Degrees Available

• Associate’s Degree in IT

Online Classes Are Available at Hawaii Pacific University

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

Hawaii Pacific University does offer online education options in IT for the following degree levels for those interested in distance learning:

• Associate’s Degree

Hawaii Pacific University Information Technology Rankings

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

IT Student Demographics at Hawaii Pacific University

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the IT majors at Hawaii Pacific University.

Hawaii Pacific University Information Technology Associate’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 60% of IT associate's degrees went to men and 40% went to women. The typical associate's degree program in IT only graduates about 22% women each year. The program at Hawaii Pacific University may seem more female-friendly since it graduates 18% more women than average.

Hawaii Pacific University does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in IT graduates 22% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Hawaii Pacific University with a associate's in IT.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	2
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Related Majors

• Information Science
• Computer Science

Careers That IT Grads May Go Into

A degree in IT can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for HI, the home state for Hawaii Pacific University.

Occupation	Jobs in HI	Average Salary in HI
Managers	2,000	$93,760
Computer Workers	1,490	$89,960
Network and Computer Systems Administrators	1,170	$86,530
Computer User Support Specialists	1,150	$47,990
Computer and Information Systems Managers	830	$124,660

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Joel Bradshaw under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.