Kapiolani Community College
Public Community College in Honolulu, HI. Six-year graduation rate 22%. Median 10-year earnings $44,599.
Students who entered Kapiolani Community College land at a median of $44,599 a decade later, close to what most four-year schools deliver. Only 22% finish within six years, so roughly four in five students leave without the credential they enrolled for. Borrowing stays contained, with median debt at graduation of $9,229.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ Debt-to-income ratio 0.21 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
- ! Graduation rate 22% — below national average
Academics
Only 22% finish within six years, so roughly four in five students leave without the credential. First-year retention is 63% — the single largest point of attrition on this campus. That gap between coming back and finishing is where this school loses people — after the first year, not during it. Transfer-out runs to 21% — common enough at this school that the completion rate is measuring a smaller group than the entering class. Retention drops to 45% for part-time students, a gap worth weighing if full-time study is not realistic.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 3,955 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Average net price is $6,034 a year after grant aid — low for a four-year institution, though your own figure depends on aid eligibility. Income makes less difference than usual: $4,068 at $0–30k, $10,591 at $110k+. 39% get grants, which means the net price above will not apply to most applicants. Only 9% 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 · 444 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 | $4,068 |
| $30–48k | $5,369 |
| $48–75k | $6,367 |
| $75–110k | $7,820 |
| $110k+ | $10,591 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 340 of these 3,955 students, totalling $2,084,575 — an average of $6,131 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)