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2023 Best Value Social Work Schools in Hawaii

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

2 Colleges
$21,103 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$39,565 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Social Work School for You

In 2020-2021, 199 degrees and certificates were awarded to social work students who went to a Hawaii college or university. This makes it the #11 most popular major in the state.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. 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 Social Work Schools in Hawaii ranking. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in Hawaii to see which programs offered the best value experiences for social work students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

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.

2023 Best Value Social Work Schools in Hawaii

Check out the social work programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Best Hawaii Schools for Affordable Quality in Social Work

$12,186 Average Tuition & Fees

Our analysis found University of Hawaii at Manoa to be the best value school for social work students who want to pursue a degree in Hawaii. Located in the large city of Honolulu, UH Manoa is a public school with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at UH Manoa are $12,186 a year. Social Work majors at UH Manoa take out an average of $25,000 in student loans while working on their egree.

Full Social Work at University of Hawaii at Manoa Report

$30,020 Average Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in Hawaii that were part of this year’s ranking, Hawaii Pacific University landed the # 2 spot on the list. Hawaii Pacific University is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Honolulu.

Hawaii Pacific University undergraduate students pay an average of $30,020 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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Best Value Social Work Colleges in the Far Western US Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
California 4,819
Washington 678
Oregon 501
Nevada 462
Alaska 76

One of 5 majors within the area of study, social work has other similar majors worth exploring.

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

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 Army Medicine.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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