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Kapiolani Community College was awarded 419 badges in the 2024 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is business, management & marketing.
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Kapiolani CC is ranked #1,091 out of 2,217 schools in the nation for overall quality on College Factual's 2024 Best Colleges list.
Out of the 12 colleges in Hawaii, Kapiolani CC is ranked at #5.
Kapiolani Community College has an open admissions policy, so you should not have much trouble being accepted by the school. Still, it is important to fill out the application completely and submit any requested materials, which may include proof that you have a high school diploma or the equivalent.
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 Kapiolani 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.
In addition to the student to faculty ratio, some people look at what percentage of faculty members are full-time as a sign of how much time professors will be able to spend with their students. This is because part-time teachers may not be be on campus as much as their full-time counterparts.
The full-time faculty percentage at Kapiolani Community College is 62%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.
The freshmen retention rate tells us what percentage of first-year, full-time students choose to continue on to their sophomore year at a particular school. The rate at Kapiolani Community College is 68%, which is about average when compared to the national rate of 68%.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 6,369 undergraduates at Kapiolani CC with 1,997 being full-time and 4,372 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $5,349 | $6,073 | $7,283 | $9,597 | $11,912 |
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 Kapiolani CC, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
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 $6,114 a year. That adds up to $24,456 over four years for those students.
The student loan default rate at Kapiolani CC is 7.2%. Although this is lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, you'll still want to keep this in mind when taking out student loans.
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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/ |
Online learning options are becoming more and more popular at American colleges and universities. Online classes are great for students who have busy schedules or for those who just want to study on their own time.
In 2020-2021, 5,672 students took at least one online class at Kapiolani Community College. This is a decrease from the 6,179 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-2021 | 5,672 | 4,631 |
| 2019-2020 | 6,179 | 5,527 |
| 2018-2019 | 3,159 | 1,452 |
| 2017-2018 | 2,871 | 1,262 |
| 2016-2017 | 2,859 | 1,151 |
Learn more about online learning at Kapiolani 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.
References
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