Kapiolani Community College Overview

Kapiolani Community College is a public institution located in Honolulu, Hawaii. The location of the school is great for students who enjoy the amenities of city life.

What Is Kapiolani Community College Known For?

• Although it may not be available for every major, the undergraduate certificate is the highest award a student can attain at Kapiolani CC.
• For the 2017-2018 academic year, 57% of the faculty were full-time.

Kapiolani Community College Rankings

Kapiolani CC holds the #1 spot on the Best Colleges in Hawaii ranking.

Our rankings are based on an outcomes-based approach rather than subjective ones used by other media outlets. As such, we utilize data from the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) and the College Scorecard, among other sources. Visit our rankings and methodology section to learn more.

Program Level Awards

These are highlights of some of the most noteworthy awards granted to specific programs at Kapiolani CC.

Rank	Ranking Name	Share
#5	Best Hospitality Management Undergraduate Certificate Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#13	Best Culinary Arts Associate’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#21	Best Personal & Culinary Services Associate’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#39	Best Allied Health Professions Associate’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It

Where Is Kapiolani Community College?

Contact details for Kapiolani CC are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	4303 Diamond Head Road, Honolulu, HI 96816-4421
Phone:	808-734-9000
Website:	https://www.kapiolani.hawaii.edu/

How Do I Get Into Kapiolani CC?

You can apply to Kapiolani CC online at: https://www.sis.hawaii.edu/uhdad/bwskalog.P_DispLoginNon

Since Kapiolani Community College has an open admissions policy, you should not have any trouble getting into the school as long as you have a high school diploma or the equivalent.

Can I Afford Kapiolani Community College?

Student Loan Debt

Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. At Kapiolani CC, approximately 10% of students took out student loans averaging $4,812 a year. That adds up to $19,248 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at Kapiolani CC is 13.8%. This is higher than the national default rate of 10.1% so you should proceed with caution when taking out student loans.

Kapiolani Community College Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 6,899 undergraduate students at Kapiolani CC, with 2,492 being full-time and 4,407 being part-time.

Gender Diversity

Of the 2,492 full-time undergraduates at Kapiolani CC, 44% are male and 56% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Kapiolani Community College students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	911
Black or African American	33
Hispanic or Latino	222
White	199
International Students	423
Other Races/Ethnicities	704

Online Learning at Kapiolani Community College

In 2017-2018, 2,871 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at Kapiolani CC has changed over the last few years.

This school is the 3rd most popular in Hawaii for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2017-2018.

Online Growth Rankings of Kapiolani CC

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Kapiolani Community College was 1.0%. This is the #1,964 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at Kapiolani CC regardless of major.

When we speak of partially online, we are referring to schools whose online population is less than 50% of its total student body. Mostly online refers to those with online populations greater than or equal to 50%.

Kapiolani Community College Undergraduate Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major	Associate’s	Undergraduate Certificate	TOTAL
Liberal Arts General Studies	487	0	487
Hospitality Management	97	83	180
Culinary Arts	78	51	129
Natural Sciences	96	1	97
Nursing	55	0	55
Computer Information Systems	16	32	48
Allied Health Professions	37	5	42
Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services	27	6	33
Accounting	14	16	30
Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants	0	29	29
Legal Support Services	15	7	22
Graphic Communications	19	0	19
Ethnic Studies	14	0	14
Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science	13	0	13
Marketing	5	0	5
Dental Support Services	0	5	5
Human Sciences Business Services	0	4	4
Biotechnology	0	0	0
Teaching Assistants	0	0	0
TOTAL	973	239	1,212

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics

More about our data sources and methodologies.