Program Payoff

Design and Applied Arts programs in Hawaii

2 schools in Hawaii teach this, at certificate or associate level. The Department of Education publishes earnings for none of them, so the figures below are what the occupation itself pays.

What this work pays in Hawaii

Graphic Designers in Hawaii earn a median of $58,070 a year across 520 jobs. That is what the occupation pays everyone in it — not what graduates of any one program below earned.

Also leads toMedianJobs in Hawaii
Postsecondary Teachers, All Other$49,730510
Photographers$45,960440
Interior Designers$63,780270
Art Directors$89,30040
Fashion Designers$47,990

Occupation wages: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, 2025.

Schools

SchoolCredentialMedian debtGraduate earnings, 2 yrsGraduates
Chaminade University of Honolulu Honolulu Associate's degree not published 0
Honolulu Community College Honolulu Associate's degree not published 8

A dash under earnings or debt means the U.S. Department of Education has not published a figure for that program — it withholds any median computed from too few graduates, which covers about four of every five programs. It never means zero, and it says nothing about whether the program is any good. Where a figure is shown, the number of graduates behind it is shown with it.

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Program and outcome figures: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, released 2026-06-10.