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2023 Best Value Social Work Master's Degree Schools in Hawaii

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

2 Colleges
$18,551 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$44,665 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Social Work Master's Degree School for You

Social Work is one of the most popular subjects to study in Hawaii. With 97 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, it ranked 5th out of all the majors we track 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.

The Best Value Social Work Master's Degree Schools in Hawaii ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in Hawaii to see which master's degree 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 Master’s Degree Schools in Hawaii

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Social Work Master's Degree Colleges.

Best Hawaii Schools for Affordable Quality for a Master's in Social Work

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

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at UH Manoa are $16,502 a year.

UH Manoa also made our Best Social Work Master’s Degree Schools in Hawaii list, coming in at #1.

Full Social Work at University of Hawaii at Manoa Report

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Hawaii Pacific University is a great value for social work students working on their master’s degree. Hawaii Pacific University is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Honolulu.

Hawaii Pacific University graduate students pay an average of $20,600 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Hawaii Pacific University did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our Best Social Work Master’s Degree Schools in Hawaii list.

Read full report on Social Work at Hawaii Pacific University

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 3,305
Washington 403
Oregon 306
Nevada 235
Alaska 29

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

Related Major Annual Graduates
Public Administration 13,571
Public Policy 3,737
Human Services 1,277
Community Organization & Advocacy 741
Other Public Administration 295

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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