Kapiolani Community College

Honolulu, Hawaii

  • Two-year college
  • Public
  • City
  • 3,910 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.

Bookkeeping and accounting

  • Accounting and Related ServicesCertificate · 15 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $40,897
  • Accounting and Related ServicesAssociate degree · 7 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $41,647

Clinical lab technician

  • Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science/Research and Allied ProfessionsAssociate degree · 11 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $52,694

Computers and IT

  • Computer and Information Sciences, GeneralCertificate · 14 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $44,167
  • Computer and Information Sciences, GeneralAssociate degree · 16 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $43,763

Culinary arts

  • Culinary Arts and Related ServicesCertificate · 28 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $30,130
  • Culinary Arts and Related ServicesAssociate degree · 54 finishedGraduates here earned $40,197 a year after finishingNationally: $34,674

Dental assisting and hygiene

  • Dental Support Services and Allied ProfessionsCertificate · 12 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $30,575

EMT, surgical tech and imaging

  • Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment ProfessionsCertificate · 3 finishedGraduates here earned $74,567 a year after finishingNationally: $55,124
  • Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment ProfessionsAssociate degree · 41 finishedGraduates here earned $89,024 a year after finishingNationally: $61,169

Medical assisting and pharmacy tech

  • Allied Health and Medical Assisting ServicesCertificate · 12 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $32,268
  • Allied Health and Medical Assisting ServicesAssociate degree · 31 finishedGraduates here earned $45,023 a year after finishingNationally: $40,233

Paralegal

  • Legal Support ServicesCertificate · 9 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $46,000
  • Legal Support ServicesAssociate degree · 11 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $41,377

Practical nursing and nursing assistant

  • Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing AssistantsCertificate · 26 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $50,533

Registered nursing

  • Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical NursingAssociate degree · 40 finishedGraduates here earned $102,229 a year after finishingNationally: $75,149
Other programs (13)
  • Entrepreneurial and Small Business OperationsCertificateNationally: $43,067
  • Environmental/Natural Resources Management and PolicyCertificateNationally: $44,701
  • Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, and Group StudiesAssociate degree · 4 finishedNationally: $31,611
  • Graphic CommunicationsAssociate degree · 12 finishedNationally: $27,878
  • Health Aides/Attendants/OrderliesCertificateNationally: $26,824
  • Hospitality Administration/ManagementCertificate · 43 finishedNationally: $41,933
  • Hospitality Administration/ManagementAssociate degree · 29 finishedGraduates here earned $33,475 a year afterNationally: $37,255
  • Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and HumanitiesCertificateNationally: $35,042
  • Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and HumanitiesAssociate degree · 359 finishedGraduates here earned $38,988 a year afterNationally: $34,134
  • Mental and Social Health Services and Allied ProfessionsCertificateGraduates here earned $36,619 a year afterNationally: $41,294
  • Natural SciencesCertificate · 0 finished
  • Natural SciencesAssociate degree · 63 finishedNationally: $28,703
  • Teaching Assistants/AidesCertificateNationally: $23,489
Source: College Scorecard

What it really costs

Net price is what students paid after grants and scholarships.

Average net price per year, by family income
$0–30k$7,428$30–48k$8,227$48–75k$8,404$75–110k$10,145Over $110k$12,896Source: College Scorecard
Average net price
$8,406per year, students who got grant aidSource: College Scorecard
Total cost of attendance
$16,571sticker price incl. living costs, per yearSource: College Scorecard
Tuition, in-state
$3,284Source: College Scorecard
Students with federal loans
5%Source: College Scorecard

How students do

Finish their program
25%first-time, full-time students finishing within 1.5 times the normal lengthSource: College Scorecard
Median earnings
$44,9216 years after starting, students who got federal aidSource: College Scorecard
Median earnings, later
$51,90710 years after startingSource: College Scorecard
Median debt at completion
$10,634federal loans, students who finishedSource: College Scorecard

Where these numbers come from

Every number on this page comes from the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard page for Kapiolani 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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