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2023 Best Value Public & Social Service Schools in Hawaii

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

2 Colleges
$21,103 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$37,762 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Public Administration & Social Service School for You

Public Administration & Social Service is one of the most popular subjects to study in Hawaii. With 396 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, it ranked 8th out of all the majors we track in the state.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right for you. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Value Public & Social Service Schools in Hawaii to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 2 schools in Hawaii to see which ones offered the best value programs for public administration and social service 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. 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.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

2023 Best Value Public Administration & Social Service Schools in Hawaii

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for public administration and social service majors pursuing a .

Best Hawaii Schools for Affordable Quality in Public & Social Service

$12,186 Average Tuition & Fees

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

UH Manoa undergraduate students pay an average of $12,186 in in-state tuition and fees each year. While working on their degree, public administration and social service majors at UH Manoa accumulate an average of around $25,000 in student debt.

Read full report on Public Administration & Social Service at University of Hawaii at Manoa

$30,020 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent programs at Hawaii Pacific University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best public administration and social service schools in Hawaii. Hawaii Pacific University is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Honolulu.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Hawaii Pacific University are $30,020 a year.

Full Public Administration & Social Service at Hawaii Pacific University Report

Best Value Public Administration & Social Service Colleges in the Far Western US Region

Explore all the Best Value Public Administration & Social Service Schools in the Far Western US Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
California 8,979
Washington 1,252
Oregon 832
Nevada 610
Alaska 121

Public Administration & Social Service Majors to Study

Major Annual Graduates
Social Work 58,326
Public Administration 16,905
Human Services 13,238
Public Policy 6,430
Community Organization & Advocacy 3,096
Other Public Administration 588

Related Major Annual Graduates
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting 142,610
Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies 73,813
Legal Professions 61,055
Military Technologies & Applied Sciences 4,477

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 2 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 University of the Fraser Valley.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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