Kauai Community College
Graduation rate & outcomes
Completion, retention, and the equity gap between Pell and non-Pell students.
Pell equity
Pell recipients here graduate at a 6.0-point higher rate than non-Pell students, unusual and worth a closer look.
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 23 Title IV programs, 2 pass the federal Gainful Employment test and 0 fail. 21 have graduate earnings too small to publish, so they carry no pass/fail verdict.
Pass / fail distribution
- Passing2 · 8.7%
- No Data21 · 91.3%
- 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.
Accreditation status & history
Who accredits the institution, current standing, and any past actions.
Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges
Programmatic accreditations · 1
Action history · 6
- Aug 2025Renewal of AccreditationAccreditation Commission for Education in Nursing, Inc. — May 6, 2013 Formerly: National League for Nursing Accrediting Commission · Nursing (ADNUR) - Associate degree programs
- Jan 2020Approved for Distance EducationAccrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges
- Jan 2019Renewal of AccreditationAccrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges
- Jan 2019Renewal of AccreditationAccrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges
- Jul 2017Renewal of AccreditationAccreditation Commission for Education in Nursing, Inc. — May 6, 2013 Formerly: National League for Nursing Accrediting Commission · Nursing (ADNUR) - Associate degree programs
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, 389 students received $1.6M in Pell grants, alongside $249K 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 83 borrowers who entered repayment, 6 (7.2%) 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 Kauai 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.
Kauai Community College vs Peer comparison
The peer institutions Kauai 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 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SubjectKauai Community College | 48% | — | 1,335 | $10,436 | Community College |
| — | — | 3,342 | $7,458 | Community College | |
| — | — | 1,195 | — | — | |
| — | — | 6,320 | $2,576 | Community College | |
| — | — | 9,061 | $11,130 | Community College | |
| — | — | 1,315 | $8,847 | Community College | |
| Peer group median | 48% | — | 2,339 | $8,847 |
Institutions like Kauai Community College
Explore the federal data for institutions in Kauai Community College's comparison group.
- Community CollegeHawaii
Honolulu Community College
Grad rate—Admit rate—Enrollment3,342Net price$7,458View data - California
University of California College of the Law-San Francisco
Grad rate—Admit rate—Enrollment1,195Net price—View data - Community CollegeCalifornia
Yuba College
Grad rate—Admit rate—Enrollment6,320Net price$2,576View data - Community CollegeCalifornia
Ohlone College
Grad rate—Admit rate—Enrollment9,061Net price$11,130View data - Community CollegeArkansas
Arkansas State University-Mountain Home
Grad rate—Admit rate—Enrollment1,315Net price$8,847View data
Kauai Community College Institutional Research office
The IR team responsible for the institution's federal reporting.
The Office of Institutional Research & Analysis at Kaua'i Community College serves as a resource by providing systematic, timely data and research services that are used to enhance decision making, policy formulation, prepare reports, and to measure institutional effectiveness.
Visit IR office page- Berna SouzaInterim Director of Institutional Effectiveness & University Center, Contracts & Grants Specialist
Common Data Set
Kauai 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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