Hawaii Community College
Hilo, Hawaii
- Two-year college
- Public
- Town
- 1,546 students
What you can study
Programs this school reported awarding, with how many students finished one in the latest year. Where the federal data has it, we show what this school's graduates earned a year after finishing (for graduates from a few years back, so a program can show earnings even if few finished recently). The national figure is for everyone who finished that kind of program anywhere.
Agriculture and horticulture
- Applied Horticulture and Horticultural Business ServicesCertificate · 15 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $31,375
- Applied Horticulture and Horticultural Business ServicesAssociate degree · 4 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $37,113
Auto, diesel and aircraft mechanic
- Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies/TechniciansCertificate · 38 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $43,278
- Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies/TechniciansAssociate degree · 23 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $48,683
Bookkeeping and accounting
- Accounting and Related ServicesCertificate · 7 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $40,897
- Accounting and Related ServicesAssociate degree · 7 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $41,647
Carpentry and construction
- CarpentersCertificate · 8 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $35,931
- CarpentersAssociate degree · 4 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $39,626
Child care and early education
- Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and MethodsCertificate · 1 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $32,866
- Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and MethodsAssociate degree · 1 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $30,190
Computers and IT
- Computer and Information Sciences, GeneralCertificate · 12 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $44,167
- Computer and Information Sciences, GeneralAssociate degree · 7 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $43,763
Culinary arts
- Culinary Arts and Related ServicesCertificate · 7 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $30,130
- Culinary Arts and Related ServicesAssociate degree · 7 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $34,674
Electrician
- Electrical and Power Transmission InstallersCertificate · 15 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $44,469
- Electrical and Power Transmission InstallersAssociate degree · 11 finishedGraduates here earned $42,929 a year after finishingNationally: $55,611
Engineering technology
- Electrical/Electronic Engineering Technologies/TechniciansCertificate · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $49,355
- Electrical/Electronic Engineering Technologies/TechniciansAssociate degree · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $57,072
- Drafting/Design Engineering Technologies/TechniciansCertificate · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $45,790
- Drafting/Design Engineering Technologies/TechniciansAssociate degree · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $49,077
Office and business support
- Business Operations Support and Assistant ServicesCertificate · 9 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $30,026
- Business Operations Support and Assistant ServicesAssociate degree · 10 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $34,369
Police, fire and corrections
- Criminal Justice and CorrectionsAssociate degree · 1 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $40,997
- Fire ProtectionCertificate · 39 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $52,514
- Fire ProtectionAssociate degree · 29 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $62,186
Registered nursing
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical NursingAssociate degree · 28 finishedGraduates here earned $88,464 a year after finishingNationally: $75,149
Welding and machining
- Precision Metal WorkingCertificate · 11 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $42,421
- Precision Metal WorkingAssociate degree · 7 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $48,947
Other programs (13)
- Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, and Group StudiesCertificateNationally: $41,382
- Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, and Group StudiesAssociate degree · 6 finishedNationally: $31,611
- ForestryCertificate · 2 finishedNationally: $41,922
- ForestryAssociate degree · 2 finishedNationally: $39,285
- Graphic CommunicationsCertificateNationally: $24,502
- Graphic CommunicationsAssociate degree · 3 finishedNationally: $27,878
- Hospitality Administration/ManagementAssociate degree · 0 finishedNationally: $37,255
- Human Services, GeneralCertificateNationally: $34,193
- Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and HumanitiesAssociate degree · 131 finishedGraduates here earned $31,258 a year afterNationally: $34,134
- MarketingCertificate · 1 finishedNationally: $43,966
- MarketingAssociate degree · 1 finishedNationally: $38,094
- Mental and Social Health Services and Allied ProfessionsCertificateNationally: $41,294
- Natural SciencesAssociate degree · 4 finishedNationally: $28,703
What it really costs
Net price is what students paid after grants and scholarships.
- Average net price
- $8,514per year, students who got grant aidSource: College Scorecard
- Total cost of attendance
- $16,749sticker price incl. living costs, per yearSource: College Scorecard
- Tuition, in-state
- $3,204Source: College Scorecard
- Students with federal loans
- 6%Source: College Scorecard
How students do
- Finish their program
- 35%first-time, full-time students finishing within 1.5 times the normal lengthSource: College Scorecard
- Median earnings
- $36,9406 years after starting, students who got federal aidSource: College Scorecard
- Median earnings, later
- $40,33510 years after startingSource: College Scorecard
- Median debt at completion
- $10,588federal loans, students who finishedSource: College Scorecard
- Earned a degree or certificate here
- 32%all students who started, 8 years laterSource: College Scorecard
- Left for another college before finishing
- 20%all students who started, 8 years laterSource: College Scorecard
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Where these numbers come from
Every number on this page comes from the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard page for Hawaii Community College, which draws on what the school reports to the federal government and on federal student aid and tax records. Program earnings cover graduates who received federal student aid. We last pulled the data on November 6, 2026.
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