by our College Data Analytics Team
College Factual analyzes over 2,000 colleges and universities in its annual rankings and ranks them in a variety of ways, including most diverse, best overall quality, best for non-traditional students, and much more.
Honolulu Community College was awarded 263 badges in the 2024 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is construction trades.
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Honolulu CC landed the #221 spot in College Factual's 2024 ranking of best overall colleges in the United States. The higher ed experts analyzed 2,217 colleges and universities across the nation to determine this ranking. This puts it in the top 10% of all schools in the nation. This is an improvement over the previous year, when Honolulu CC held the #253 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.
Honolulu CC also holds the #1 spot on the Best Colleges in Hawaii ranking.
Since Honolulu Community College has an open admissions policy, being accepted to the school isn't that hard. However, a full basic things - such as a high school diploma or equivalent - may be required. Also, go over your application to make sure it is complete before you submit it.
The student to faculty ratio is often used to estimate how much interaction there is between professors and their students at a college or university. At Honolulu Community College, this ratio is 16 to 1, which is on par with the national average of 15 to 1. That's not bad at all.
Another measure that is often used to estimate how much access students will have to their professors is how many faculty members are full-time. The idea here is that part-time faculty tend to spend less time on campus, so they may not be as available to students as full-timers.
The full-time faculty percentage at Honolulu Community College is 63%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.
The freshmen retention rate is a sign of how many full-time students like a college or university well enough to come back for their sophomore year. At Honolulu Community College this rate is 62%, which is a bit lower than the national average of 68%.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 3,378 undergraduates at Honolulu CC with 988 being full-time and 2,390 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $6,950 | $7,514 | $8,681 | $9,625 | $13,226 |
The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.Note that the net price is typically less than the published for a school. For more information on the sticker price of Honolulu CC, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
It's not uncommon for college students to take out loans to pay for school. In fact, almost 66% of students nationwide depend at least partially on loans. At Honolulu CC, approximately 4% of students took out student loans averaging $4,835 a year. That adds up to $19,340 over four years for those students.
The student loan default rate at Honolulu CC is 14.2%. This is higher than the national default rate of 10.1% so you should proceed with caution when taking out student loans.
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Contact details for Honolulu CC are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 874 Dillingham Blvd, Honolulu, HI 96817-4505 |
| Phone: | 808-845-9211 |
| Website: | https://www.honolulu.hawaii.edu/ |
Online learning is becoming popular at even the oldest colleges and universities in the United States. Not only are online classes great for returning adults with busy schedules, they are also frequented by a growing number of traditional students.
In 2020-2021, 2,867 students took at least one online class at Honolulu Community College. This is a decrease from the 3,177 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-2021 | 2,867 | 2,276 |
| 2019-2020 | 3,177 | 2,857 |
| 2018-2019 | 949 | 525 |
| 2017-2018 | 878 | 460 |
| 2016-2017 | 862 | 422 |
Learn more about online learning at Honolulu Community College.
Footnotes
*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.
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