Honolulu Community College
Public Community College in Honolulu, HI. Six-year graduation rate 25%. Median 10-year earnings $45,105.
The median ten-year earnings figure of $45,105 sits near the national middle rather than at either extreme. Completion is the weak point: 25% graduate within six years. Borrowing stays contained, with median debt at graduation of $7,534.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ Debt-to-income ratio 0.17 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
- ! Graduation rate 25% — below national average
Academics
A six-year graduation rate of 25% means finishing is closer to the exception than the rule. Just 55% of first-years come back — most of the completion gap opens in year one. That gap between coming back and finishing is where this school loses people — after the first year, not during it. Transfer-out runs to 16% — common enough at this school that the completion rate is measuring a smaller group than the entering class. At 18:1, class sizes land in the normal range for an undergraduate institution.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 1,897 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
At $7,870 a year on average after grant aid, cost is low here relative to most undergraduate institutions. Net price varies modestly by income — $6,672 at $0–30k against $12,959 at $110k+ — so the average is a fair guide for most families. Grant aid is limited — 37% of students receive any. Only 7% take federal loans. Private borrowing is not captured in this figure.
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 · 247 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 | $6,672 |
| $30–48k | $5,990 |
| $48–75k | $8,768 |
| $75–110k | $9,031 |
| $110k+ | $12,959 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 142 of these 1,897 students, totalling $903,378 — an average of $6,362 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)