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2023 Best Value Area Studies Schools in Hawaii

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

1 College
$12,186 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$28,828 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Area Studies School for You

Area Studies is the #53 most popular major in Hawaii with 57 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Value Area Studies Schools in Hawaii to help you in your search for the best school for you.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

The following school tops our list of the Best Value Area Studies Colleges.

Best Area Studies School

$12,186 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named University of Hawaii at Manoa the best value school in Hawaii for area studies students. Located in the large city of Honolulu, UH Manoa is a public college with a large student population.

UH Manoa undergraduate students pay an average of $12,186 in in-state tuition and fees each year. Area Studies majors at UH Manoa take out an average of $22,625 in student loans while working on their egree.

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Best Value Area Studies Colleges in the Far Western US Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
California 879
Washington 236
Oregon 56
Nevada 4
Alaska 1

One of 2 majors within the area of study, area studies has other similar majors worth exploring.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Ethnic Studies 9,231
Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies (Other) 46

Notes and References

*These values are for the top school 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 Karl Udo Gerth.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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