Bachelor's · Hilo, Hawaii

Is Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Sciences, and Administration at University of Hawaii at Hilo 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 fast: graduates typically recover the cost in about 1 years.

Earnings 1 year after graduating: $85,934; Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Earnings 4 years after graduating: $140,854; Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Typical federal debt at graduation: Not enough borrowers to report; NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
Net cost to graduate, all families: $45k (likely $45k – $62k); AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
Earnings bump, year 4: $100k a year vs high-school graduates aged 25–34 in HI; 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
Payback: 1 years (likely 0.9–1.3); Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
10-year net return: $726k (likely $594k – $875k); Today's dollars
20-year net return: $1.90M (likely $1.58M – $2.29M); Today's dollars
Odds of finishing (school-wide): 40%; Fall 2019 or AcadYr 2019-20 cohort (differs by institutional calendar), reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26

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