Hawaii contains four schools that offer finance programs. University of Hawaii at Manoa, the highest-ranking finance school in HI, has a total student population of 20,435 and is the 282nd highest ranked school in America.
Of the 4 finance schools in Hawaii, only 1 has a student population over 10k. After taking into account tuition, living expenses, and financial aid, University of Phoenix-Hawaii Campus comes out as the most expensive ($25,566/yr), with University of Hawaii at Manoa as the lowest recorded at only $10,275/yr.
Finance students from Hawaii schools who go on to become financial managers, finance analysts, financial planners, corporate finance consultants, etc. have a good chance at finding employment. For example, there are 495,180 people working as financial managers alone in the US, and their average annual salary is $113,730. Also, Budget analysts make on average $69,240 per year and there are about 60,970 of them employed in the US today. In fact, in the Hawaii alone, there are 360 employed budget analysts earning an average yearly salary of $68,210. Financial managers in this state earn $88,340/yr and there are 2,080 employed.
Also, within the finance schools in Hawaii, the average student population is 3,134 and average student-to-faculty ratio is 17 to 1. Aside from finance, there are 704 total degree (or certificate) programs in the state, with 1,845 people on average applying for a school. Undergraduate tuition costs are normally around $3,000, but can vary widely depending on the type of school.
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