unitid 141796 · Honolulu, HI · public 2-year · city (large)
Kapiolani Community College
- enrollment 2023
- 9,059
- predominant degree
- Associate's
scorecard 2026-06 · percentiles within public 2-years
The record
admission rate
not reported
undergraduates
3,910
69th pctl among public 2-years
Pell share
19%
undergrads on Pell grants
16th pctl among public 2-years
completion
22%
finish within 150% time
9th pctl among public 2-years
sticker cost / yr
$11,992
15th pctl among public 2-years
avg net price / yr
$5,202
after aid, aided students
24th pctl among public 2-years
median earnings, 10 yr
$44,599
after entry, Title IV students
84th pctl among public 2-years
median grad debt
$9,229
32nd pctl among public 2-years
what families actually pay
Cost
Sticker price is a fiction for most families — net price is what aided students pay after grants, by family income.
Average net price by family income, 2023–24 aid cohort
Families earning under $30k paid $4,068 per year after aid.
Dashed hollow marks are privacy-suppressed brackets — not zero. Band: middle half of public 2-years (all incomes).
Who enrolls, by family income
- 0-30k47%
- 30-48k22%
- 48-75k17%
- 75-110knot reported
- 110k+not reported
- Median family income
- $24,805
- First-generation students
- 42%
- In-state tuition & fees
- $3,284
earnings · debt · programs
Outcomes
Median earnings after entry, working grads with federal aid
Ten years out, the median graduate earns 4.8× the median graduate debt.
Earnings cover federally aided (Title IV) students only.
What programs pay — top fields of study
| program | grads | earn 5 yr | debt |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities. | 308 | $38,019 | $10,500 |
| Natural Sciences. | 59 | $77,330 | — |
| Culinary Arts and Related Services. | 50 | $36,477 | $10,087 |
| Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing. | 44 | $105,313 | $16,168 |
| Hospitality Administration/Management. | 39 | — | — |
| Hospitality Administration/Management. | 37 | $33,030 | — |
| Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions. | 35 | $96,327 | $18,751 |
| Computer and Information Sciences, General. | 22 | — | — |
| Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services. | 22 | $47,021 | $15,496 |
| Computer and Information Sciences, General. | 18 | $52,486 | — |
| Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services. | 15 | — | — |
| Legal Support Services. | 14 | — | — |
— is privacy suppression at small programs, never zero. Earnings are median, 5 years after completing.
annual scorecard files, 1996–2026
Trajectory
Line breaks are years where the measure wasn't collected — a gap is not a zero.
Admission rate
no years reported
Price per year
- sticker
- net
Median earnings, 10 yrs after entry
Undergraduates
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built 2026-07-17
Provenance
- U.S. Dept. of Education College Scorecard, 2026-06 release. Earnings cover federally aided (Title IV) students only. Suppressed values are null, never imputed.
- Annual Scorecard files 1996-2026. A null in early years usually means the measure was not yet collected, not zero.
- Coordinates and locale describe the campus address, not where students live.