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University of Hawaii at Manoa
Honolulu, HI 14,306 Undergrads 64.4% Grad Rate
Total Cost
$23,832
Sticker Price
Avg Net Price
$13,181
After Aid
Median Earnings
$57,624
10yr Post-Entry
Vs. Peer Institutions
Net Price$13,181
Peer Midpoint: $19,729.5
Earnings (10yr)$57,624
Peer Midpoint: $53,747
Graduation Rate64.4%
Peer Midpoint: 58.5%
Socio-Economic Diversity
Pell Grant Recipients25.4%
Enrollment Status
Full-Time83.4%
Economic Outcomes
Earn More than HS70.4%
Admissions Profile
Acceptance
69.7%
SAT Avg
1,157
SAT Reading
25th: 54060575th: 640
SAT Math
25th: 48058075th: 600
ACT Composite
25th: 202475th: 27
ROI Sensitivity Analysis
This analysis tests three cost scenarios (Scholarship, Average Net Price, Full Sticker Price) to show how college costs impact your long-term return compared to the average student and a high school graduate.
Lifetime Value Added (NPV)
Institution Lifetime NPV
Vs Median Peer
Vs HS Grad
Zero Cost (Scholarship)$0
+$498k
+$102k
+$14k
Median Cost$13k/yr
+$451k
+$54k
-$34k
Full Cost$24k/yr
+$412k
+$16k
-$72k
ROI Efficiency Metrics
Break-Even Age
Return on Inv. %
Zero Cost (Scholarship)$0
50
∞
Median Cost$13k/yr
Never
-71%
Full Cost$24k/yr
Never
-84%
Analysis Assumptions:
- Starting Salary: Estimated from the 10-year median earnings (assuming 2% annual growth from graduation).
- Comparisons: "Vs Median Peer" compares to the median student nationwide in a similar level program. "Vs HS Grad" compares to a median high school graduate.
- Break-Even: The age at which the college investment net income exceeds the median high school graduate's lifetime earnings.
- NPV: Net Present Value of all future earnings minus costs and taxes, discounted at 7.8%.
Social Impact ROINew
Measures the societal return on a donor's investment. Calculated as the incremental pre-tax lifetime earnings vs. HS grad, divided by the tax-adjusted donation cost.
Donor Return-51%
Gov. Pell Grant ROINew
Measures the government's return on Pell Grants via increased tax revenue. Calculated as the portion of incremental lifetime taxes (discounted at 5.4%) attributed to the Pell Grant investment.
Taxpayer Return-62%
Important Note: Your ROI with any major will depend on the cost you pay to attend the program, and your starting salary. Both vary significantly across institutions. We encourage you to explore the ROI of a specific program variant by selecting the Program title of the credential level you are interested in. You will then have a more detailed return analysis for programs at specific institutions. We also encourage you to use the ROI calculator with your specific estimates of cost and salary.
Program ROI Analysis
Bachelor's Degrees
Accounting and Related Services
BachCIP: 5203
Median Debt
$16,250
Earnings (5yr)
$65,086
Lifetime Value Added
+$34k
Animal Sciences
BachCIP: 0109
Median Debt
$23,027
Earnings (2yr)
$28,598
Lifetime Value Added
-$252k
Anthropology
BachCIP: 4502
Median Debt
$20,000
Earnings (5yr)
$41,231
Lifetime Value Added
-$160k
Apparel and Textiles
BachCIP: 1909
Median Debt
$21,500
Earnings (5yr)
$53,246
Lifetime Value Added
-$60k
Area Studies
BachCIP: 0501
Median Debt
$25,000
Earnings (5yr)
$42,099
Lifetime Value Added
-$152k
Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology
BachCIP: 2602
Median Debt
-
Earnings (2yr)
$28,236
Lifetime Value Added
-$256k
Biology, General
BachCIP: 2601
Median Debt
$21,500
Earnings (5yr)
$54,633
Lifetime Value Added
-$49k
Business Administration, Management and Operations
BachCIP: 5202
Median Debt
$18,218
Earnings (5yr)
$59,286
Lifetime Value Added
-$11k
Civil Engineering
BachCIP: 1408
Median Debt
$20,165
Earnings (5yr)
$86,161
Lifetime Value Added
+$193k
Communication and Media Studies
BachCIP: 0901
Median Debt
$16,522
Earnings (5yr)
$46,146
Lifetime Value Added
-$118k
Computer and Information Sciences, General
BachCIP: 1101
Median Debt
-
Earnings (5yr)
$82,864
Lifetime Value Added
+$168k
Computer Engineering
BachCIP: 1409
Median Debt
$18,895
Earnings (5yr)
$117,147
Lifetime Value Added
+$424k
Computer Science
BachCIP: 1107
Median Debt
$15,468
Earnings (5yr)
$81,428
Lifetime Value Added
+$157k
Dental Support Services and Allied Professions
BachCIP: 5106
Median Debt
$29,690
Earnings (5yr)
$71,785
Lifetime Value Added
+$85k
Drama/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft
BachCIP: 5005
Median Debt
-
Earnings (2yr)
$26,353
Lifetime Value Added
-$273k
East Asian Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics
BachCIP: 1603
Median Debt
$18,076
Earnings (5yr)
$56,756
Lifetime Value Added
-$31k
Ecology, Evolution, Systematics, and Population Biology
BachCIP: 2613
Median Debt
$24,577
Earnings (5yr)
$40,958
Lifetime Value Added
-$162k
Economics
BachCIP: 4506
Median Debt
$18,000
Earnings (5yr)
$58,682
Lifetime Value Added
-$16k
Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering
BachCIP: 1410
Median Debt
$18,750
Earnings (5yr)
$100,278
Lifetime Value Added
+$298k
English Language and Literature, General
BachCIP: 2301
Median Debt
$15,000
Earnings (5yr)
$40,242
Lifetime Value Added
-$168k
Entrepreneurial and Small Business Operations
BachCIP: 5207
Median Debt
-
Earnings (5yr)
$38,542
Lifetime Value Added
-$182k
Environmental Design
BachCIP: 0404
Median Debt
$22,648
Earnings (5yr)
$65,559
Lifetime Value Added
+$38k
Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, and Group Studies
BachCIP: 0502
Median Debt
$18,681
Earnings (5yr)
$39,661
Lifetime Value Added
-$173k
Family and Consumer Economics and Related Studies
BachCIP: 1904
Median Debt
-
Earnings (5yr)
$43,100
Lifetime Value Added
-$144k
Finance and Financial Management Services
BachCIP: 5208
Median Debt
$20,875
Earnings (5yr)
$68,014
Lifetime Value Added
+$57k
Fine and Studio Arts
BachCIP: 5007
Median Debt
$22,572
Earnings (5yr)
$41,067
Lifetime Value Added
-$161k
Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, Other
BachCIP: 1699
Median Debt
-
Earnings (2yr)
$35,625
Lifetime Value Added
-$189k
Geography and Cartography
BachCIP: 4507
Median Debt
-
Earnings (5yr)
$56,803
Lifetime Value Added
-$31k
Geological and Earth Sciences/Geosciences
BachCIP: 4006
Median Debt
-
Earnings (2yr)
$44,384
Lifetime Value Added
-$110k
Graphic Communications
BachCIP: 1003
Median Debt
$21,125
Earnings (5yr)
$34,302
Lifetime Value Added
-$218k
Health and Physical Education/Fitness
BachCIP: 3105
Median Debt
$19,500
Earnings (5yr)
$48,696
Lifetime Value Added
-$97k
History
BachCIP: 5401
Median Debt
$16,141
Earnings (5yr)
$61,600
Lifetime Value Added
+$7k
Hospitality Administration/Management
BachCIP: 5209
Median Debt
$19,261
Earnings (5yr)
$35,896
Lifetime Value Added
-$205k
Human Resources Management and Services
BachCIP: 5210
Median Debt
$15,000
Earnings (5yr)
$68,518
Lifetime Value Added
+$60k
International Business
BachCIP: 5211
Median Debt
-
Earnings (5yr)
$47,830
Lifetime Value Added
-$104k
Journalism
BachCIP: 0904
Median Debt
-
Earnings (2yr)
$29,141
Lifetime Value Added
-$247k
Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities
BachCIP: 2401
Median Debt
$17,325
Earnings (5yr)
$50,888
Lifetime Value Added
-$79k
Management Information Systems and Services
BachCIP: 5212
Median Debt
$15,250
Earnings (5yr)
$71,090
Lifetime Value Added
+$80k
Marketing
BachCIP: 5214
Median Debt
$18,125
Earnings (5yr)
$52,161
Lifetime Value Added
-$69k
Mathematics
BachCIP: 2701
Median Debt
$16,500
Earnings (5yr)
$63,061
Lifetime Value Added
+$18k
Mechanical Engineering
BachCIP: 1419
Median Debt
$24,629
Earnings (5yr)
$98,092
Lifetime Value Added
+$282k
Microbiological Sciences and Immunology
BachCIP: 2605
Median Debt
-
Earnings (2yr)
$28,598
Lifetime Value Added
-$252k
Natural Resources Management and Policy
BachCIP: 0302
Median Debt
$17,750
Earnings (2yr)
$31,038
Lifetime Value Added
-$230k
Nutrition Sciences
BachCIP: 3019
Median Debt
-
Earnings (5yr)
$50,833
Lifetime Value Added
-$80k
Political Science and Government
BachCIP: 4510
Median Debt
$16,156
Earnings (5yr)
$55,650
Lifetime Value Added
-$40k
Psychology, General
BachCIP: 4201
Median Debt
$18,782
Earnings (5yr)
$47,038
Lifetime Value Added
-$111k
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing
BachCIP: 5138
Median Debt
$12,500
Earnings (5yr)
$112,211
Lifetime Value Added
+$387k
Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics
BachCIP: 1609
Median Debt
$22,250
Earnings (5yr)
$52,002
Lifetime Value Added
-$70k
Social Work
BachCIP: 4407
Median Debt
$18,625
Earnings (5yr)
$57,946
Lifetime Value Added
-$22k
Sociology
BachCIP: 4511
Median Debt
$18,500
Earnings (5yr)
$49,856
Lifetime Value Added
-$88k
Special Education and Teaching
BachCIP: 1310
Median Debt
$16,049
Earnings (5yr)
$61,945
Lifetime Value Added
+$10k
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods
BachCIP: 1312
Median Debt
$18,263
Earnings (5yr)
$57,532
Lifetime Value Added
-$25k
Teaching English or French as a Second or Foreign Language
BachCIP: 1314
Median Debt
$18,696
Earnings (5yr)
$32,425
Lifetime Value Added
-$234k
Post-Baccalaureate Certificates
Special Education and Teaching
PB-CertCIP: 1310
Median Debt
$14,707
Earnings (5yr)
$73,025
Lifetime Value Added
+$256k
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods
PB-CertCIP: 1312
Median Debt
$12,500
Earnings (5yr)
$65,358
Lifetime Value Added
+$184k
Master's Degrees
Accounting and Related Services
MastCIP: 5203
Median Debt
-
Earnings (5yr)
$84,550
Lifetime Value Added
+$282k
Business Administration, Management and Operations
MastCIP: 5202
Median Debt
$49,652
Earnings (5yr)
$102,996
Lifetime Value Added
+$441k
City/Urban, Community and Regional Planning
MastCIP: 0403
Median Debt
-
Earnings (5yr)
$67,278
Lifetime Value Added
+$134k
Civil Engineering
MastCIP: 1408
Median Debt
-
Earnings (2yr)
$67,101
Lifetime Value Added
+$168k
Curriculum and Instruction
MastCIP: 1303
Median Debt
$25,338
Earnings (2yr)
$54,644
Lifetime Value Added
+$50k
Educational Administration and Supervision
MastCIP: 1304
Median Debt
-
Earnings (5yr)
$72,947
Lifetime Value Added
+$183k
Educational/Instructional Media Design
MastCIP: 1305
Median Debt
-
Earnings (5yr)
$76,871
Lifetime Value Added
+$216k
Health and Physical Education/Fitness
MastCIP: 3105
Median Debt
-
Earnings (5yr)
$63,194
Lifetime Value Added
+$98k
Human Resources Management and Services
MastCIP: 5210
Median Debt
$47,712
Earnings (5yr)
$65,515
Lifetime Value Added
+$118k
Library Science and Administration
MastCIP: 2501
Median Debt
$32,270
Earnings (5yr)
$54,019
Lifetime Value Added
+$14k
Natural Resources Management and Policy
MastCIP: 0302
Median Debt
-
Earnings (2yr)
$57,318
Lifetime Value Added
+$76k
Public Administration
MastCIP: 4404
Median Debt
-
Earnings (5yr)
$74,336
Lifetime Value Added
+$195k
Public Health
MastCIP: 5122
Median Debt
-
Earnings (5yr)
$66,571
Lifetime Value Added
+$127k
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing
MastCIP: 5138
Median Debt
$99,500
Earnings (5yr)
$129,890
Lifetime Value Added
+$670k
Social and Philosophical Foundations of Education
MastCIP: 1309
Median Debt
-
Earnings (2yr)
$58,673
Lifetime Value Added
+$89k
Social Work
MastCIP: 4407
Median Debt
$35,797
Earnings (5yr)
$69,304
Lifetime Value Added
+$151k
Special Education and Teaching
MastCIP: 1310
Median Debt
$30,092
Earnings (2yr)
$52,107
Lifetime Value Added
+$25k
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods
MastCIP: 1312
Median Debt
$28,330
Earnings (5yr)
$64,745
Lifetime Value Added
+$111k
Doctoral Degrees
Architecture
DocCIP: 0402
Median Debt
-
Earnings (5yr)
$77,792
Lifetime Value Added
+$87k
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing
DocCIP: 5138
Median Debt
$123,979
Earnings (2yr)
$94,408
Lifetime Value Added
+$250k
Professional Degrees
Law
ProfCIP: 2201
Median Debt
$98,536
Earnings (5yr)
$91,552
Lifetime Value Added
+$187k
Medicine
ProfCIP: 5112
Median Debt
$161,000
Earnings (5yr)
$191,564
Lifetime Value Added
+$909k
Note: Lifetime Value Added is the Net Present Value (NPV) of estimated career earnings relative to a median high school graduate, accounting for this institution's average cost and taxes. Computed over a career to retirement age.
For graduate programs (Master's, Doctoral, etc.), the calculation assumes a starting age of 22 (after undergraduate completion) and does not include the sunk costs of prior degrees. It represents the value added of the graduate degree decision moving forward. These Lifetime Value Added results should not be compared with those Undergraduate Certificates, Associates or Bachelors starting at age 18.