Looking for the best options to kickstart a career in nursing? Hawaii has more than 17,000 nurses of various stripes, and even with more than 500 new nursing students graduating each year, the industry remains in constant need of qualified professionals.
Registered nursing vastly outnumbers all other nursing professions in the state. Hawaii has more than 10,000 RNs who provide care for the sick and injured in hospitals and other health care facilities. Hawaii Pacific University produces almost half of the state's RN graduates each year. HPU has the largest and most varied nursing department, offering programs from a certificate in nursing research to a master's degree in public health and community nursing. Although HPU is a large campus, it is also a private university, and thus class sizes are typically smaller than its public university counterparts.
So let's have a look at the top nursing schools in Hawaii. We've organized them below by class size to aid in your education decision.