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2023 Best Value Doctor's Degree Schools in Hawaii

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Prices

4 Schools Ranked
$27,404 Avg Tuition & Fees*

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 and bootcamps that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Value Doctor's Degree Schools in Hawaii to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 4 schools in Hawaii to see which doctor's degree programs offered the best value experiences for students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

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.

Top Value Doctor's Degree Schools in Hawaii

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88 Total Awards
$27,062 Average Tuition & Fees

Our analysis found University of Hawaii at Hilo to be the best value school for students who want to pursue a doctor’s degree in Hawaii. UH Hilo is a public institution located in Hilo, Hawaii. The school has a small population, and it awarded 88 doctor’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UH Hilo are $27,062 per year.

One thing to take note of is that UH Hilo does offer online graduate classes in some areas. In fact, around 33% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.

UH Hilo did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our Best Doctor’s Degree Schools in Hawaii list.

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#2

University of Hawaii at Manoa

Honolulu, Hawaii
356 Total Awards
$34,550 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Hawaii at Manoa. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Doctor’s Degree Schools in Hawaii list. Honolulu, Hawaii is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctor’s degrees to 356 students in 2020-2021.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UH Manoa are $34,550 per year.

Some students may be able to take online graduate classes at UH Manoa. In 2019-2020 about 34% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.

UH Manoa also made our Best Doctor’s Degree Schools in Hawaii list, coming in at #3.

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#3

Hawaii Pacific University

Honolulu, Hawaii
4 Total Awards
$20,600 Average Tuition & Fees

Out of the 4 schools in Hawaii that were part of this year’s value ranking, Hawaii Pacific University landed the # 3 spot on the list. Hawaii Pacific University is a small private not-for-profit school located in Honolulu, Hawaii that handed out 4 doctor’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Hawaii Pacific University are $20,600 per year.

If you are interested in distance education, be sure to check with the school since Hawaii Pacific University does offer online graduate classes for certain majors. In 2019-2020 about 47% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.

Hawaii Pacific University did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our Best Doctor’s Degree Schools in Hawaii list.

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16 Total Awards
$27,720 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent doctor’s degree programs at Chaminade University of Honolulu helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value schools in Hawaii. This small private not-for-profit school is located in Honolulu, Hawaii, and it awarded 16 doctor’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Chaminade University of Honolulu graduate students pay an average of $27,720 in tuition and fees each year.

Online graduate courses are available at Chaminade University of Honolulu, but you will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your field of interest. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 51% of graduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.

Chaminade University of Honolulu also took the #2 spot in our Best Doctor’s Degree Schools in Hawaii rankings.

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Notes and References

Footnotes

*These averages are for the top 4 schools only.

References

  • 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 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).
  • Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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