Honolulu, HI (population: 375,134) has fifteen adult education schools within a 3000-mile radius of its city center. Western Washington University, the highest ranked school in this group with an adult education program, has a total student population of 14,575. It is the 143rd highest ranked school in the USA and the 4th highest in the state of Washington (#1 is University of Washington-Seattle Campus). To learn more about adult education programs in Honolulu, ratemyprofessors.com has reviews of adult education professors at Western Washington University such as Alejandro Acevedo, Catherine Ashcraft, Denise Binderup, Joanne Carney, David Carroll, and Catherine Collier.
Adult Education students from Honolulu schools who go on to become adult education teachers, economics professors, teachers, educators, etc. have a good chance at finding employment. For example, there are 56,880 people working as education teachers alone in the US, and their average annual salary is $62,160. Also, Education administrators make on average $95,340 per year and there are about 105,900 of them employed in the US today. In fact, in the Honolulu area alone, there are 250 employed education administrators earning an average salary of $106,980. Education teachers in this area earn $61,960/yr and there are 660 employed.
Honolulu lies in Honolulu county, which is one of the 4 counties in Hawaii. Overall, the Honolulu area has 430,700 total employed workers according to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, with a 1% unemployment rate, $21/hr average worker wage, and a $43,760 average annual salary. Thus, about 2 out of every 1000 jobs in Honolulu are held by education teachers, and 1/1000 are held by education administrators.
Of the 15 adult education schools with a 3000-mile radius of Honolulu, only 9 have a student population over 10k. After taking into account tuition, living expenses, and financial aid, Seattle University comes out as the most expensive ($27,268/yr) for adult education students, with University of Nevada-Las Vegas as the lowest, reported at only $8,166/yr.
| Name | State | Population | # of Schools | Avg School Rank | Total Programs | Distance from Honolulu |
| Kaneohe | HI | - | 1 | 8.23652 | 2 | 6.2 miles |
| Pearl City | HI | - | 2 | 22.3389 | 25 | 12.4 miles |