HPU challenges placement among costliest schools in U.S.

By Susan Essoyan

POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, Aug 18, 2012

~~<p>Newsweek ranks Hawaii Pacific University as one of the costliest universities in the country in terms of the debt incurred by its graduates versus their earnings potential, but other rankings have pegged the school as a good value.</p>
<p>The magazine's calculation for HPU appears to have been skewed because it left out a crucial factor: the percentage of its students who graduate with debt, which is low on that campus.</p>
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Newsweek ranks Hawaii Pacific University as one of the costliest universities in the country in terms of the debt incurred by its graduates versus their earnings potential, but other rankings have pegged the school as a good value.

The magazine's calculation for HPU appears to have been skewed because it left out a crucial factor: the percentage of its students who graduate with debt, which is low on that campus. Login for more...