Kauai Community College
Lihue, Hawaii
- Public technical or community college
- Public
- Rural
- 716 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.
Auto, diesel and aircraft mechanic
- Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies/TechniciansCertificate · 47 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $43,278
- Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies/TechniciansAssociate degree · 2 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $48,683
Bookkeeping and accounting
- Accounting and Related ServicesCertificate · 54 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $40,897
- Accounting and Related ServicesAssociate degree · 10 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $41,647
Carpentry and construction
- CarpentersCertificate · 2 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $35,931
- CarpentersAssociate degree · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $39,626
Child care and early education
- Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and MethodsCertificate · 5 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $32,866
- Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and MethodsAssociate degree · 2 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $30,190
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 · 13 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $44,469
- Electrical and Power Transmission InstallersAssociate degree · 8 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $55,611
Engineering technology
- Electrical/Electronic Engineering Technologies/TechniciansCertificate · 3 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $49,355
- Electrical/Electronic Engineering Technologies/TechniciansAssociate degree · 3 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $57,072
Medical assisting and pharmacy tech
- Allied Health and Medical Assisting ServicesCertificate · 13 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $32,268
Practical nursing and nursing assistant
- Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing AssistantsCertificate · 13 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $50,533
Registered nursing
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical NursingAssociate degree · 17 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $75,149
Other programs (9)
- Business Administration, Management and OperationsCertificate · 13 finishedNationally: $44,510
- Business Administration, Management and OperationsAssociate degree · 9 finishedNationally: $41,208
- Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, and Group StudiesAssociate degree · 4 finishedNationally: $31,611
- Graphic CommunicationsCertificate · 1 finishedNationally: $24,502
- Graphic CommunicationsAssociate degree · 7 finishedNationally: $27,878
- Hospitality Administration/ManagementCertificate · 6 finishedNationally: $41,933
- Hospitality Administration/ManagementAssociate degree · 3 finishedNationally: $37,255
- Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and HumanitiesAssociate degree · 55 finishedGraduates here earned $37,727 a year afterNationally: $34,134
- Natural SciencesAssociate degree · 10 finishedNationally: $28,703
What it really costs
Net price is what students paid after grants and scholarships.
- Average net price
- $4,931per year, students who got grant aidSource: College Scorecard
- Total cost of attendance
- $14,756sticker price incl. living costs, per yearSource: College Scorecard
- Tuition, in-state
- $3,252Source: College Scorecard
- Students with federal loans
- 3%Source: College Scorecard
How students do
- Finish their program
- 46%first-time, full-time students finishing within 1.5 times the normal lengthSource: College Scorecard
- Median earnings
- $45,3826 years after starting, students who got federal aidSource: College Scorecard
- Median earnings, later
- $44,32310 years after startingSource: College Scorecard
- Median debt at completion
- $7,000federal loans, students who finishedSource: College Scorecard
- Earned a degree or certificate here
- 33%all students who started, 8 years laterSource: College Scorecard
- Left for another college before finishing
- 22%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 Kauai 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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