Hawaii Pacific University

Date: Dec 31 1969
Major: Social Work (This Major's Salary over time)
Complete waste of money. I feel like I'm receiving a high-school level degree. NOT a clinical program in nature AT ALL (as in, don't expect anything clinically relevant to be discussed in any classes ever.) Faculty don't get along with each other and often do not even teach from their own syllabi- so they are frequently confused with course requirements and don't even understand what they are supposed to be teaching. School work is busy work and could be done by a SW 101 student. Many classes are only offered on Saturdays, so be prepared for 9+ hour Saturdays. Most classes are only offered 1 section in class and if you aren't able to register for that in-class section you are required to take the course online. (This means that for a 50+ cohort only 20-30 get to take the in-class section, all others regardless of preference have to take the online sections). The University itself has almost no resources- 1 tiny computer lab downtown that is always packed with students and has terrible hours and 3 floors that are considered the "library" but have almost no applicable resources or books. Be prepared for terrible facilities including plaster falling off walls and everything looking like its 50+ years old. Honestly its baffling to try to figure out where the tuition money they receive even goes. The comments I've gotten when I asked peers about the school were: "I haven't learned anything"; "I'm too financially invested to go somewhere else, I'd rather just finish"; "I wouldn't have chosen this school if I knew what it was like"; "I only go to HPU because it is the only school that would fit my work schedule"; "If my spouse weren't stationed here I would go to another school"; "I'm embarrassed to say I go to school here"; "I wouldn't hire a student who graduated with their MSW from HPU" (can't blame this person- I'd honestly think twice about it myself and I am a current student…)—just to name a few (I was frustrated with the program and personally spoke to 20+ other students. 1 had something positive to say about the program—but then again, she had done her BSW at HPU so maybe she doesn't know any better…)