Which UH Manoa major has the lowest debt?

Human Resources graduates leave with a median of $12,968 in federal loans, the lowest among 40 UH Manoa bachelor's programs that report debt.

How much does UH Manoa cost?

In-state tuition and fees are $12,186 a year, and $34,218 for out-of-state students. After grants and scholarships, the average net price is $15,664 a year.

How many UH Manoa programs report graduate pay?

44 bachelor's programs at UH Manoa report first-year pay, and 40 of them also report federal debt.

UH Manoa Programs, Ranked by Graduate Pay and Debt

University of Hawaii at Manoa
Public university
Honolulu, HI
15,029 undergraduates

College Scorecard June 2026 release

The short answer

44 UH Manoa bachelor's programs report what graduates earn. Nursing pays the most in the first year ($94,216), and Graphic Communications the least ($16,556). The median program pays $35,541.

In-state tuition and fees$12,186Per year. Out-of-state $34,218

Average net price after aid$15,664Per year

Graduation rate64%Within 6 years

Admission rate87%Of applicants

All 44 bachelor's programs, ranked

Each figure is the median for the program's graduates. "Rank in Hawaii" compares first-year pay with the same field's bachelor's programs across Hawaii. Programs that don't report a figure are listed last when you sort by it.

#	Program	Year 1 pay	Year 5 pay	Debt	Rank in Hawaii
1	NursingAbout 119 graduates a year	$94,216	$112,211	$15,308	1st of 4
2	Dental Hygiene and AssistingAbout 1 graduates a year	$71,260	$71,785	$30,345	1st of 1
3	Electrical EngineeringAbout 45 graduates a year	$70,950	$100,278	$20,539	1st of 1
4	Civil EngineeringAbout 89 graduates a year	$70,330	$86,161	$22,375	1st of 1
5	Computer EngineeringAbout 24 graduates a year	$65,003	$117,147	$20,541	1st of 1
6	Special EducationAbout 22 graduates a year	$60,396	$61,945	$16,500	1st of 1
7	EducationAbout 33 graduates a year	$60,288	Not reported	Not reported	1st of 2
8	Computer and Information ScienceAbout 24 graduates a year	$57,207	$82,864	Not reported	1st of 1
9	Management Information SystemsAbout 45 graduates a year	$53,758	$71,090	$13,133	1st of 1
10	Mechanical EngineeringAbout 86 graduates a year	$53,182	$98,092	$25,638	1st of 1
11	International BusinessAbout 39 graduates a year	$50,923	$47,830	$19,000	1st of 1
12	Teacher EducationAbout 103 graduates a year	$50,401	$57,532	$19,334	1st of 1
13	AccountingAbout 73 graduates a year	$49,359	$65,086	$18,417	1st of 1
14	EntrepreneurshipAbout 29 graduates a year	$44,853	$38,542	Not reported	1st of 1
15	Human ResourcesAbout 39 graduates a year	$44,615	$68,518	$12,968	1st of 1
16	FinanceAbout 112 graduates a year	$44,594	$68,014	$21,460	1st of 1
17	Computer ScienceAbout 85 graduates a year	$42,874	$81,428	$14,780	2nd of 2
18	MathematicsAbout 17 graduates a year	$39,963	$63,061	$18,197	1st of 1
19	Business AdministrationAbout 87 graduates a year	$39,948	$59,286	$18,218	3rd of 6
20	Nutrition ScienceAbout 10 graduates a year	$37,993	$50,833	$22,639	1st of 1
21	Environmental DesignAbout 27 graduates a year	$37,849	$65,559	$22,047	1st of 1
22	Human Development and Family StudiesAbout 45 graduates a year	$36,040	Not reported	$18,250	1st of 1
23	EconomicsAbout 65 graduates a year	$35,041	$58,682	$19,750	1st of 1
24	MarketingAbout 144 graduates a year	$34,383	$52,161	$19,500	1st of 1
25	Biochemistry and Molecular BiologyAbout 21 graduates a year	$32,599	Not reported	Not reported	1st of 1
26	Animal ScienceAbout 26 graduates a year	$31,285	Not reported	$24,125	1st of 1
27	CommunicationsAbout 110 graduates a year	$30,235	$46,146	$18,972	1st of 2
28	Hospitality ManagementAbout 86 graduates a year	$29,002	$35,896	$20,250	1st of 1
29	BiologyAbout 115 graduates a year	$28,522	$54,633	$23,000	2nd of 2
30	SociologyAbout 39 graduates a year	$27,859	$49,856	$19,500	1st of 2
31	Kinesiology and Exercise ScienceAbout 101 graduates a year	$27,626	$48,696	$22,492	1st of 2
32	PsychologyAbout 201 graduates a year	$27,351	$47,038	$22,352	2nd of 4
33	Public HealthAbout 52 graduates a year	$27,309	Not reported	$22,500	1st of 1
34	Social WorkAbout 51 graduates a year	$27,080	$57,946	$24,610	1st of 1
35	Area StudiesAbout 22 graduates a year	$26,020	$42,099	$25,000	1st of 1
36	Ecology and EvolutionAbout 59 graduates a year	$25,820	$40,958	$25,458	1st of 2
37	Political ScienceAbout 79 graduates a year	$24,964	$55,650	$18,000	1st of 1
38	East Asian LanguagesAbout 69 graduates a year	$24,451	$56,756	$18,076	1st of 1
39	Environmental Management and PolicyAbout 40 graduates a year	$20,825	Not reported	$19,835	1st of 1
40	EnglishAbout 38 graduates a year	$20,570	$40,242	$13,625	1st of 1
41	Ethnic, Cultural, and Gender StudiesAbout 52 graduates a year	$20,109	$39,661	$20,250	1st of 1
42	Liberal Arts and General StudiesAbout 63 graduates a year	$20,074	$50,888	$23,877	2nd of 2
43	Fine and Studio ArtsAbout 61 graduates a year	$17,626	$41,067	$22,411	1st of 1
44	Graphic CommunicationsAbout 56 graduates a year	$16,556	$34,302	$23,250	1st of 1

Program names link to the program's own page, and Hawaii ranks link to the full ranking for the field. A program gets its own page when it reports both pay and debt and at least five Hawaii programs in the field do too.

Some nursing bachelor's programs are for nurses who are already licensed and working (RN-to-BSN). College Scorecard counts them with programs for new students, and their graduates' pay reflects years of nursing experience, so high pay at a program here may not mean higher starting pay for a new nurse.

5 more bachelor's programs report debt but not pay, so they aren't listed.

Quick picks

Highest first-year pay

Nursing$94,216
Dental Hygiene and Assisting$71,260
Electrical Engineering$70,950
Civil Engineering$70,330
Computer Engineering$65,003

Lowest median debt

Human Resources$12,968
Management Information Systems$13,133
English$13,625
Computer Science$14,780
Nursing$15,308

Largest programs

PsychologyAbout 201 graduates a year
MarketingAbout 144 graduates a year
NursingAbout 119 graduates a year
BiologyAbout 115 graduates a year
FinanceAbout 112 graduates a year

Common questions

Nursing graduates earn a median of $94,216 in their first year, the most of 44 UH Manoa bachelor's programs that report pay.

About this data

Earnings and debt only include students who received federal financial aid, and earnings only count graduates who were working and not enrolled in more school.
Debt only includes federal loans. Private loans and credit cards are not counted.
Tuition, net price, graduation rate, and admission rate are for the whole school, not one program.
Some schools with several campuses report one combined figure for all of them. We count each of those schools once, and leave them out of Hawaii rankings when their main campus is in another state.
Scorecard figures describe graduating classes from several years ago.

Sources

U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, field of study and institution files, June 2026 release
NCES, IPEDS tuition and fees, 2023-24, for in-district tuition labels