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2023 Best Value Education Master's Degree Schools in Hawaii

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

3 Colleges
$18,551 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$49,367 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Education Master's Degree School for You

Education is one of the most popular subjects to study in Hawaii. With 830 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, it ranked 4th out of all the majors we track in the state.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.

The Best Value Education Master's Degree Schools in Hawaii ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 3 schools in Hawaii to see which ones offered the best value master's degree programs for education students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value Education Master’s Degree Schools in Hawaii

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for education majors pursuing a master's degree.

Best Hawaii Schools for Affordable Quality for a Master's in Education

Our analysis found University of Hawaii at Manoa to be the best value school for education students who want to pursue a master’s degree in Hawaii. UH Manoa is a large public school located in the large city of Honolulu.

UH Manoa graduate students pay an average of $16,502 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

UH Manoa not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #1 on our Best Education Master’s Degree Schools in Hawaii list.

Read full report on Education at University of Hawaii at Manoa

The excellent master’s degree programs at Hawaii Pacific University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value education schools in Hawaii. Located in the large city of Honolulu, Hawaii Pacific University is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Hawaii Pacific University are $20,600 a year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Hawaii Pacific University is ranked #3 for overall quality for education in Hawaii.

Read full report on Education at Hawaii Pacific University

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Chaminade University of Honolulu is a great value for education students working on their master’s degree. Chaminade University of Honolulu is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Honolulu.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Chaminade University of Honolulu are $27,720 a year.

Chaminade University of Honolulu did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our Best Education Master’s Degree Schools in Hawaii list.

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Best Value Education Colleges in the Far Western US Region

Explore all the Best Value Education Schools in the Far Western US Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
California 25,545
Washington 5,206
Oregon 4,001
Nevada 1,387
Alaska 331

Education Majors to Study

Major Annual Graduates
Teacher Education Grade Specific 110,226
Educational Administration 46,469
Teacher Education Subject Specific 43,297
Special Education 36,792
General Education 29,810
Curriculum & Instruction 19,832
Student Counseling 13,858
Instructional Media Design 8,695
Teaching English or French 5,791
Other Education 4,858
Teaching Assistants 2,751
Educational Assessment 2,552
Multilingual Education 1,910
Education Philosophy 737
International Education 293

Related Major Annual Graduates
Social Sciences 205,984
Psychology 195,678
Communication & Journalism 120,571
Family, Consumer & Human Sciences 55,820
History 32,731

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 3 schools only.

  • 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 the rest 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).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to Horadrim.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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