First professional · Honolulu, Hawaii

Is Medicine at University of Hawaii at Manoa worth it?

High confidence High confidence: 100+ 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 4.6 years.

Earnings 1 year after graduating: $74,962; Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Earnings 4 years after graduating: $138,376; Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Typical federal debt at graduation: $160,487; NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
Typical borrowing (no graduate net price is published): $170k (likely $170k – $170k); AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
Earnings bump, year 4: $80k a year vs bachelor's graduates 4 years out in HI; 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
Payback: 4.6 years (likely 4.0–5.4); Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
10-year net return: $228k (likely $93k – $354k); Today's dollars
20-year net return: $1.19M (likely $886k – $1.51M); Today's dollars

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