Honolulu, HI (population: 375,134) has four entertainment business schools within its city limits. Hawaii Pacific University, the highest ranked school in the city with an entertainment business program, has a total student population of 8,113. It is the 589th highest ranked school in the USA and the 3rd highest in the state of Hawaii (#1 is University of Hawaii at Manoa). To learn more about entertainment business programs in Honolulu, ratemyprofessors.com has reviews of entertainment business professors at Hawaii Pacific University such as Lei Ahu Isa, Michelle Alarcon-Catt, Gregory Arnberg, Roberta Bush, James Campbell, and Kenneth Kroehler.
Entertainment Business students from Honolulu schools who go on to become entertainment business workers, entertainers, entertainment business consultants, entertainment business specialists, etc. have a good chance at finding employment. For example, there are 45,080 people working as entertainment attendants and related workers alone in the US, and their average annual salary is $21,020. Also, Set and exhibit designers make on average $50,600 per year and there are about 7,940 of them employed in the US today.
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.
Of the 4 entertainment business schools in Honolulu, none have a student population over 10k. After taking into account tuition, living expenses, and financial aid, Argosy University-Hawaii comes out as the most expensive ($36,023/yr) for entertainment business students, with Hawaii Pacific University as the lowest, reported at only $15,952/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 |