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Best Business Programs Near Honolulu for 2027

10 business schools near Honolulu, from the metro and just beyond it, plus where they place in our statewide rankings for 1 field. Every list is scored on graduation rate, cost, selectivity, and graduate earnings from federal IPEDS, College Scorecard, and BLS data.

Metro ranking
1
Programs analyzed
32
Schools ranked
10
Field covered
1
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Business Programs in Honolulu, in Brief

Honolulu has too few business schools with a complete record for a list of its own, so the Honolulu ranking compares 10 schools: four in the metro and the nearest beyond it, one row per school. Public universities hold five of the top ten spots.

Beyond the two metro lists, 4 Honolulu-area schools appear in our statewide rankings for one field.

Among the business programs in Honolulu, University of Hawaii at Manoa enrolls the most students: 20,028. Chaminade University of Honolulu graduates the highest share of its students, 55%. Brigham Young University-Hawaii admits 47% of applicants, the lowest rate among these schools.

Rankings Near Honolulu

Rankings by Field Near Honolulu

Statewide ranks, Honolulu-area schools only.

Schools in the Most Honolulu Rankings

By number of lists, then best rank.

  1. University of Hawaii at Manoa In 2 rankings · #1 in Bachelor's in Business Administration, Hawaii
  2. Brigham Young University-Hawaii In 2 rankings · #2 in Bachelor's in Business Administration, Hawaii
  3. Chaminade University of Honolulu In 2 rankings · #4 in Bachelor's in Business Administration, Hawaii
  4. University of Hawaii-West Oahu In 2 rankings · #5 in Bachelor's in Business Administration, Hawaii
  5. University of San Francisco #1 in Business schools

Other Fields, Ranked Nationally

Business Programs in Honolulu: Your Questions, Answered

What is the best business school in Honolulu?

University of San Francisco ranks #1 on our Honolulu business-school ranking with a 90.4 Program Score, ahead of Dominican University of California at 84.1. Scores weigh graduation rate, cost, selectivity and graduate earnings.

How many business schools are in the Honolulu area?

32 accredited business programs in the Honolulu metro, as the Census Bureau defines it, report to federal data, and four of its schools have the complete record we rank on, so the Honolulu list adds the nearest schools outside the metro to make 10.

Which Honolulu business school costs the least?

San Francisco State University has the lowest in-state undergraduate tuition on the Honolulu list, $6,084 a year before aid, and ranks #5.

Which schools are in the Honolulu rankings?

Ten Honolulu-area and nearby schools are ranked, led by University of San Francisco, Dominican University of California, and University of Hawaii at Manoa. The business-school ranking lists every one with its Program Score, graduation rate and tuition.

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