University of Hawaii at Manoa

The University of Hawaii at Manoa is the flagship of the University of Hawaii system, in Honolulu, a public land-grant, sea-grant and space-grant research university with recognised strength in oceanography, marine biology, astronomy, volcanology and Asia-Pacific studies, reflecting its location. Its published non-resident tuition and fees come to USD 34,706, against a full cost of attendance of USD 55,760. Two considerations specific to Hawaii deserve weighing alongside tuition. Living costs in Honolulu are among the highest in the country, driven by housing and the cost of imported goods, and will form a large share of the total. And travel from Kazakhstan to Honolulu is among the longest and most expensive journeys recorded, typically requiring two or more connections, which is a real cost for a student expecting to visit home and worth budgeting explicitly at perhaps two return trips across a degree rather than four.