Hawaii Institute
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For-profit College in Honolulu, HI. Six-year graduation rate 82%. Median 10-year earnings $25,235.
Median earnings ten years after entry come to $25,235, below what most undergraduate institutions return — the central fact to weigh against cost here. 82% graduate within six years, so most students who start here finish here. Median debt at graduation is $5,793, a light load against those earnings.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ Debt-to-income ratio 0.23 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
- ✓ Graduation rate 82% — well above the national average
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Academics
A 82% six-year graduation rate is the strongest academic signal on this page. Retention is strong at 100%, and first-year attrition is where most degrees are lost. Retention and completion are close, which places the gap between entering and finishing almost entirely in year one. A 17:1 ratio is unremarkable; expect a mix of lecture halls and seminars. Being a for-profit two-year institution is the single most useful context for these numbers — the sector's spread is wide enough that the school-level figures matter more than usual.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 124 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Net price lands at $19,714 a year on average, neither cheap nor punishing. Income makes less difference than usual: $20,657 at $0–30k, $23,964 at $75–110k. Grant aid reaches 67% of students at an average of $8,245. About 44% borrow federally, roughly the national pattern.
Entering first-year students
A different, smaller group than the rates above: full-time students in their first year of college anywhere. The grant series here also excludes the "other sources" counted in the all-undergraduate figure, so the two are not comparable.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · 50 students
Net price by family income
The same students as the headline above, limited to those who received Title IV federal aid — a narrower group, with a lower overall average. IPEDS publishes no combined figure across these bands, so they should not be averaged into one.
| Family income band | Average net price |
|---|---|
| $0–30k | $20,657 |
| $30–48k | $19,382 |
| $48–75k | $18,040 |
| $75–110k | $23,964 |
| $110k+ | — |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 55 of these 124 students, totalling $391,870 — an average of $7,125 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Honolulu County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026
Veterans & GI Bill
VA GI Bill Comparison Tool (Veterans Affairs GIDS)