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Hawaii Community College

1175 Manono Street, Hilo, HI 96720 · Public 2-year · (808) 934-2500 · School website

Average net price

$8,942

per year after grants, College Scorecard

Career completions

101

2023-24, IPEDS

Finish on time

32.7%

within 150% of normal time, Scorecard

Students with Pell

28.8%

share of undergraduates, Scorecard

Takes federal student aid (IPEDS) Accreditor on file: Western Association of Schools and Colleges Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges Yellow Ribbon school (IPEDS) Credit for military training (IPEDS) Open admission (IPEDS) On Hawaii's WIOA eligible training provider list (DOL file dated June 30, 2025)

Career programs at Hawaii Community College

Hawaii Community College reported 101 certificate and associate completions in 6 of the program types we track for 2023-24, most of them in electrician (26). College Scorecard counts 1,546 undergraduates.

Program	Award	Length	Program cost	Completions	Earnings, 1 yr	Funding and results
Electrician	Certificate, Associate	Not reported	Not reported	26	Not published	WIOA list
IT support	Certificate, Associate	Not reported	Not reported	19	Not published
Welding	Certificate, Associate	Not reported	Not reported	18	Not published
Culinary	Certificate, Associate	Not reported	Not reported	14	Not published
Carpentry	Certificate, Associate	Not reported	Not reported	12	Not published
Diesel	Certificate, Associate	Not reported	Not reported	12	Not published

Program cost is the whole-program tuition and fees a clock-hour school reports to IPEDS for its largest programs (2024-25). Earnings are College Scorecard medians for graduates of this school in that field, one year after completing; small cohorts are not published. WIOA list means the program appears on the state's eligible training provider list in the U.S. Department of Labor file (programs listed as of June 30, 2025).

Cost and aid at Hawaii Community College

What a year costs, 2024-25

Tuition and fees, in districtIPEDS, academic-year schools: $3,204
Tuition and fees, in stateIPEDS: $3,204
Tuition and fees, out of stateIPEDS: $8,340
Books and suppliesIPEDS: $1,360
Average net price after grantsCollege Scorecard, students with federal aid: $8,942
Median federal debt at graduationCollege Scorecard, all programs: $10,500
Median earnings 10 years after entryCollege Scorecard, all students: $34,891

Clock-hour schools charge by program, not by year: see each program's own page for its whole-program cost.

Hawaii Community College net price calculator (link from IPEDS)
Financial aid office page (link from IPEDS)
Veterans and military page (link from IPEDS)

How training gets paid for: Pell Grants, Workforce Pell, WIOA, GI Bill.