Kapiolani Community College
Graduation rate & outcomes
Completion, retention, and the equity gap between Pell and non-Pell students.
Pell equity
Non-Pell students graduate at a 12.3-point higher rate than Pell recipients.
Source: IPEDS Graduation Rates (GR) — Pell/SSL cohort, 2024 cohort.
Program outcomes
Federal Program Performance Data: how each program's graduate earnings and debt measure up under Financial Value Transparency and Gainful Employment.
Of 36 Title IV programs, 6 pass the federal Gainful Employment test and 0 fail. 30 have graduate earnings too small to publish, so they carry no pass/fail verdict.
Pass / fail distribution
- Passing6 · 16.7%
- No Data30 · 83.3%
- Failing0 · 0.0%
Severity spectrum
Tiers band programs by how far graduate earnings sit above or below the benchmark, from Critical (below −15%) through Safe (above +25%). No data means earnings were privacy-suppressed.
Earnings premium gap
Graduate earnings versus the federal benchmark, worst gaps first.
Near the line (±5%)
Programs within five points of the pass line, one cohort year from flipping.
Debt vs earnings
Median completer debt against median graduate earnings, highest burden first.
Accreditation status & history
Who accredits the institution, current standing, and any past actions.
Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges
Programmatic accreditations · 5
Action history · 20
- Jan 2026Renewal of AccreditationJoint Review Committee on Education in Radiologic Technology · Radiologic Technology (RAD) - Programs for radiographers
- Feb 2024Removal of Monitoring StatusAmerican Dental Association, Commission on Dental Accreditation · Dental Assisting (DA)
- Aug 2023Heightened Monitoring or Focused ReviewAmerican Dental Association, Commission on Dental Accreditation · Dental Assisting (DA)
- Jun 2023Renewal of AccreditationJoint Review Committee on Education in Radiologic Technology · Radiologic Technology (RAD) - Programs for radiographers
- Feb 2023Renewal of AccreditationAmerican Dental Association, Commission on Dental Accreditation · Dental Assisting (DA)
Tuition & cost
What families actually pay, broken down by family income.
Net price by family income
Negative values mean aid exceeds the published cost of attendance for that income band.
Federal aid volume & trends
Pell grants and federal Direct Loan volume disbursed to students, and how they've trended.
In AY 2024–25, 1,574 students received $6.2M in Pell grants, alongside $2.2M in federal Direct Loans.
Pell recipients · 5-year trend
Loan volume by type · AY 2024–25
Loan awards count each loan type a student holds, not unique borrowers; one student may carry several (e.g. subsidized and unsubsidized), so the per-type figures are the reliable detail.
Student loan default rate
The share of student borrowers who default on federal loans within three years, against the national benchmark.
Of 501 borrowers who entered repayment, 17 (3.3%) defaulted within three years — above the 2.3% national rate.
Default rate vs national, by cohort
* Cohorts 2020 and later read near 0% because the federal COVID-19 payment pause (CARES Act) suspended defaults nationwide. These years reflect a national policy, not institutional performance; the 2019 cohort is the last measured under normal repayment.
Academic programs at Kapiolani Community College
Top program areas ranked by completions.
Top program families by completions
Enrollment trends & demographics
Fall headcount, 12-month unduplicated enrollment, and student body composition.
Gender split
Race / ethnicity composition
Campus safety & crime statistics
Reported on-campus crimes over the last three years, including violence and hate crimes.
3-year trend
Criminal offenses by type
By location
- On campus1
VAWA offenses
Hate crimes by bias
No hate crimes reported.
Arrests vs disciplinary referrals
Residence-hall fires
Student-faculty ratio
Student-to-faculty ratio and instructional staff counts.
Kapiolani Community College vs Peer comparison
The peer institutions Kapiolani Community College selected for federal comparison reporting.
A larger shape on any axis means this institution outperforms its peers on that dimension. For acceptance rate and net price, lower raw values are inverted so "more selective" and "more affordable" appear larger.
| Carnegie | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SubjectKapiolani Community College | 22% | — | 5,914 | $5,202 | Community College |
| — | — | 4,040 | $8,516 | Community College | |
| — | — | 5,225 | $12,647 | Community College | |
| — | — | 7,022 | $14,021 | Community College | |
| — | — | 4,838 | $12,351 | Community College | |
| — | — | 4,175 | $10,477 | Community College | |
| Peer group median | 22% | — | 5,032 | $11,414 |
Institutions like Kapiolani Community College
Explore the federal data for institutions in Kapiolani Community College's comparison group.
- Community CollegeCalifornia
Lake Tahoe Community College
Grad rate—Admit rate—Enrollment4,040Net price$8,516View data - Community CollegeCalifornia
Compton College
Grad rate—Admit rate—Enrollment5,225Net price$12,647View data - Community CollegeCalifornia
Merritt College
Grad rate—Admit rate—Enrollment7,022Net price$14,021View data - Community CollegeCalifornia
College of Marin
Grad rate—Admit rate—Enrollment4,838Net price$12,351View data - Community CollegeCalifornia
Coalinga College
Grad rate—Admit rate—Enrollment4,175Net price$10,477View data
Kapiolani Community College Institutional Research office
The IR team responsible for the institution's federal reporting.
The Office for Institutional Effectiveness provides leadership and coordination for long-range, strategic, and tactical planning; research in institutional effectiveness, and grants and resource development in support of national promising practices, as well as unique opportunities of Hawaiʻi.
Visit IR office page- Elizabeth JachInstitutional Research and Analysis Program Manager
Common Data Set
Kapiolani Community College's own annual Common Data Set: the most detailed self-reported reference for selectivity, cost, outcomes, and the student body.
Source publications
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