Master's · Honolulu, Hawaii

Is Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods at University of Hawaii at Manoa worth it?

Medium confidence Medium confidence: 40–99 graduates behind the earnings figures.

The verdict · all families, in-state, half paid with loans

Pays back in time: graduates typically recover the cost in about 5.5 years.

Earnings 1 year after graduating: $63,565; Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Earnings 4 years after graduating: $69,690; Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Typical federal debt at graduation: $29,898; NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
Typical borrowing (no graduate net price is published): $32k (likely $32k – $32k); AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
Earnings bump, year 4: $12k a year vs bachelor's graduates 4 years out in HI; 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
Payback: 5.5 years (likely 3.4–12.1); Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
10-year net return: −$63k (likely −$142k – $26k); Today's dollars
20-year net return: $96k (likely −$79k – $283k); Today's dollars

Scorecard reports no net price for graduate programs; cost is based on what graduates typically borrowed.