<p>What type of majors are worth paying for at universities such as UH Manoa and UH Hilo? (going off of mom2s mention of Poly Sci and Psy not being worth it in the end)</p>
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<p>What I meant is that with only a Bachelors in Poly Sci or Psych in hand, paying off a bunch of debt would be daunting. </p>
<p>I’m guessing that grad school would be needed with either of those majors. If so, then a bunch of undergrad becomes an even worse idea. Plus, how does it work with co-signed loans with grad school later? Anyone know? I know that the unsub federal loans will be growing, but you don’t have to make payments. How does it work with co-signed loans? Do you have to be making interest-only payments or what? I can’t imagine that a person can just “not pay” for private loans from undergrad years until they’re done with grad school.</p>
<p>The bottom line is that an undergrad degree with poly sci or psych will be seen as the same whether it’s from a private or public, so taking on large debt for a private isn’t a good idea. </p>
<p>What will he do with a psych or poly sci degree?</p>
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<p>Unfortunately, it does not seem that any UH school has career surveys of recent graduates.</p>
<p>The UH graduates I know of were computer science majors (I work in the computer industry (not in Hawaii)).</p>
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<p>$13,000 is about the in-state cost for a commuter student living with parents at the University of Hawaii - Hilo. However, as the OP stated before, that school is about a two hour drive (so they presumably live on the Kona side and would have to drive over or around the big mountain). Public transit is very sparse on the Big Island.</p>
<p>The only other regionally accredited college on the Big Island is Hawaii Community College, also in Hilo.</p>
<p>Obviously, commuting to Oahu (where most of the colleges and universities in the state of Hawaii are) is not easy or cheap to do.</p>
<p>Some of the cheapest other schools are the South Dakota publics (e.g. South Dakota State, South Dakota Mines), but even they are over the $13,000 (probably around $20,000 to $23,000; their out-of-state tuition is already cheaper than the WUE rate, so there is no additional WUE discount).</p>
<p>New Mexico, Nevada, Wyoming, Idaho, and Montana schools also have low cost (with WUE discount). Several of the CSUs in California also have low tuition with the WUE discount, but the living expenses are likely to be higher at most of them than in the mountain west schools. But those will still be over $13,000 per year.</p>