Engineering Schools In Hawaii
Hawaii has 2 accredited engineering schools where engineering faculty who teach engineering classes can find employment. The trends in Hawaii's engineering academic community can be evaluated by looking at the statistics and graphs below. Academia in engineering includes engineering training at the following levels:
- Engineering Certificate
- Bachelors degree in Engineering
- Masters degree in Engineering
- PhD degree in Engineering
Schools
Cities
Statistics
Professional Trends
Hawaii Vs. National Engineering Employment
| Hawaii | 5,420 |
| National | 1,704,460 |
Approximately 0% of the country's engineering professionals work in Hawaii state.
Employment Growth for Engineering professionals In Hawaii
| 5,450 | 5,140 | 5,040 | 5,190 | 5,030 |
| 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 |
|---|
- Yellow: Actual Values
The number of engineering professionals is shrinking in Hawaii. In Hawaii, 420 less engineering professionals were working in 2010, than there were in 2006. Thus, in Hawaii, this field has shrunk by 8% in four years. This is slower than the trend for engineering professionals around the US. Nationally, the number of engineering professionals has shrunk by 23% between 2006 and 2010.
Engineering VS. All Professions salaries in Hawaii
| $71,452 | $74,238 | $74,074 | $72,253 | $68,416 |
| $46,651 | $47,931 | $49,192 | $50,493 | $52,227 |
| 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 |
|---|
- Light Blue: Engineering
- Dark Yellow: All Professions
The salaries paid to engineering professionals are declining in Hawaii. The mean salary for engineering professionals in 2006 was $71,452 per year. And in 2010 the mean salary was $68,416 per year.
Salary percentiles for Engineering professionals in Hawaii
10th percentile |
$47,033 |
25th percentile |
$56,667 |
50th percentile |
$66,993 |
75th percentile |
$78,149 |
90th percentile |
$78,432 |
This represents a decline in salaries of 4%. This decline is quite different from state trends for all professionals. Within the field of engineering, there is a huge variation in pay, with the highest paid engineering professionals earning 67% more money than those in the bottom 10% of the pay bracket in Hawaii state.
Average Salaries for Engineering professionals and related professions in Hawaii
Civil Engineering |
$53,313 |
Computer Engineering |
$83,890 |
Electrical Engineering |
$72,920 |
Engineering |
$69,874 |
Mechanical Engineering |
$63,318 |
Software Engineering |
$79,815 |
Engineering professionals in Hawaii earn, on average, more than their counterparts in related professions.
Educational Trends
Engineering programs available for each degree type for all schools in Hawaii
associate |
0 |
bachelor |
3 |
master |
4 |
doctor |
4 |
Certificate |
1 |
| Total | 12 |
As the number of engineering professionals is decreasing in Hawaii state, the number of students graduating from the 2 accredited engineering schools in Hawaii state is decreasing. In 2006 there were 267 engineering graduates from engineering courses in Hawaii and in 2010 there were 158 graduates.
Thus there was a 41% percent decrease in the number of engineering school degree or certificate graduates in Hawaii. 33% of these graduates received an doctor's degree in engineering.