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2023 Best Value Liberal Arts & Humanities Schools in Hawaii

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

7 Colleges
$5,134 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$25,350 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities School for You

Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities is the most popular major in Hawaii with 2,024 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Best Value Liberal Arts & Humanities Schools in Hawaii ranking. This report analyzed 7 schools in Hawaii to see which ones offered the best value programs for liberal arts / sciences and humanities 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 Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools in Hawaii

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Colleges.

Best Hawaii Schools for Affordable Quality in Liberal Arts & Humanities

$3,278 Average Tuition & Fees

Our analysis found University of Hawaii Maui College to be the best value school for liberal arts / sciences and humanities students who want to pursue a degree in Hawaii. Located in the city of Kahului, UH Maui College is a public college with a small student population.

UH Maui College undergraduate students pay an average of $3,278 in in-state tuition and fees each year. After completing their degree, liberal arts / sciences and humanities graduates from UH Maui College carry an average student debtload of $12,083.

UH Maui College did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our Best Liberal Arts & Humanities Schools in Hawaii list.

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#2

Leeward Community College

Pearl City, HI
$3,209 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent programs at Leeward Community College helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best liberal arts / sciences and humanities schools in Hawaii. Located in the large suburb of Pearl City, Leeward CC is a public college with a medium-sized student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Leeward CC are $3,209 per year. The average amount in student loans that liberal arts / sciences and humanities majors at Leeward CC take out is $9,500.

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$3,284 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Kapiolani Community College. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Liberal Arts & Humanities Schools in Hawaii list. Located in the city of Honolulu, Kapiolani CC is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Kapiolani CC are $3,284 a year. While working on their degree, liberal arts / sciences and humanities majors at Kapiolani CC accumulate an average of around $10,500 in student debt.

Kapiolani CC also took the #2 spot in our Best Liberal Arts & Humanities Schools in Hawaii rankings.

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$3,204 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Hawaii Community College. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Liberal Arts & Humanities Schools in Hawaii list. Hawaii CC is a small public school located in the remote town of Hilo.

Hawaii CC undergraduate students pay an average of $3,204 in in-state tuition and fees each year. After completing their degree, liberal arts / sciences and humanities graduates from Hawaii CC carry an average student debtload of $10,440.

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$3,194 Average Tuition & Fees

Out of the 7 schools in Hawaii that were part of this year’s ranking, Windward Community College landed the # 5 spot on the list. Located in the suburb of Kaneohe, Windward CC is a public college with a small student population.

Windward CC undergraduate students pay an average of $3,194 in in-state tuition and fees each year. After completing their degree, liberal arts / sciences and humanities graduates from Windward CC carry an average student debtload of $11,384.

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$7,584 Average Tuition & Fees

University of Hawaii - West Oahu ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Liberal Arts & Humanities Schools in Hawaii list. Located in the large suburb of Kapolei, UH West Oahu is a public school with a small student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UH West Oahu are $7,584 per year. Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities majors at UH West Oahu take out an average of $20,664 in student loans while working on their egree.

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$12,186 Average Tuition & Fees

With a ranking of #7, University of Hawaii at Manoa did quite well on this year’s best value schools for liberal arts / sciences and humanities students. UH Manoa is a large public school located in the large city of Honolulu.

UH Manoa undergraduate students pay an average of $12,186 in in-state tuition and fees each year. After completing their degree, liberal arts / sciences and humanities graduates from UH Manoa carry an average student debtload of $21,625.

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Best Value Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Colleges in the Far Western US Region

Explore all the Best Value Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools in the Far Western US Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
California 52,773
Washington 17,408
Oregon 8,599
Nevada 1,679
Alaska 417

Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Majors to Study

Major Annual Graduates
Liberal Arts General Studies 556,813

Related Major Annual Graduates
Visual & Performing Arts 149,215
English Language & Literature 54,635
Foreign Languages & Linguistics 33,333
Theology & Religious Vocations 27,459
Philosophy & Religious Studies 19,993

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 7 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 Jacques Sablet (Switzerland, Morges, 1749-1803).

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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