Kapiolani Community College Business Programs

Located in Honolulu, Hawaii, Kapiolani Community College is a public institution. Honolulu is a great location for students who prefer city over country life.

Kapiolani Community College Rankings

Kapiolani CC is ranked #30 out of 1,477 schools in the nation for overall quality on our 2023 Best Colleges list. This lands it a coveted spot in the top 5% of all colleges and universities in the country. Out of the 6 colleges in Hawaii, it is ranked at #1.

These rankings may look different from those published by other outlets, because we use an outcomes-based approach rather than a subjective one. We get our data from a number of places, including the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) and the College Scorecard. For more information, check out our rankings and methodology page.

Kapiolani CC has also been awarded the following overall awards by our latest rankings.

Rank	Ranking Name	Share
#4	Best Business Associate Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#5	Best Business Undergraduate Certificate Schools	Tweet It - Post It

Program Level Awards

These are highlights of some of the most noteworthy awards granted to specific programs at Kapiolani CC.

Rank	Ranking Name	Share
#1	Best Hospitality Management Undergraduate Certificate Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#1	Most Popular Hospitality Management Undergraduate Certificate Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#2	Best Value Hospitality Management Associate Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#5	Best Accounting Undergraduate Certificate Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#19	Best Value Accounting Undergraduate Certificate Schools	Tweet It - Post It

Awards From Around the Web

The following table lists some notable awards Kapiolani CC has earned from around the web.

Rank	Ranking Name	Source
#2	Best General Hospitality Administration/Management Schools	College Factual
#6	Best Hospitality Management Schools	College Factual
#6	Best Accounting Technology/Technician and Bookkeeping Schools	College Factual
#44	Best Undergraduate Certificate Schools	Course Advisor
#71	Best Business, Management & Marketing Schools	College Factual
#147	Best Accounting Schools	College Factual

Where Is Kapiolani Community College?

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

How Do I Get Into Kapiolani CC?

You can apply to Kapiolani CC online at: https://universityofhawaii.liaisoncas.com/applicant-ux/#/login

Kapiolani Community College has an open admissions policy. This means that the school accepts all applicants assuming that they meet very basic requirements, such as having a high school diploma or equivalent.

Can I Afford Kapiolani Community College?

Student Loan Debt

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 Kapiolani CC, approximately 7% of students took out student loans averaging $4,957 a year. That adds up to $19,828 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.

Kapiolani Community College Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 6,369 undergraduate students at Kapiolani CC, with 1,997 being full-time and 4,372 being part-time.

Gender Diversity

Of the 1,997 full-time undergraduates at Kapiolani CC, 40% are male and 60% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Kapiolani Community College students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	764
Black or African American	26
Hispanic or Latino	199
White	170
International Students	235
Other Races/Ethnicities	603

Online Learning at Kapiolani Community College

In 2019-2020, 5,714 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at Kapiolani CC has changed over the last few years.

Online Growth Rankings of Kapiolani CC

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Kapiolani Community College was 44.2%. This is the #543 largest growth rate of all schools that are mostly online. This refers to all students at Kapiolani CC regardless of major.

The table below shows how the average growth rate over 4 years at Kapiolani CC ranks compared to all other mostly online schools that offer a specific major. Note that the majors may or may not be offered online at Kapiolani CC.

Major	Growth Rate Rank
Accounting Technology/Technician and Bookkeeping	#119
Accounting	#254

When we speak of partially online, we are referring to schools whose online population is less than 50% of its total student body. Mostly online refers to those with online populations greater than or equal to 50%.

Kapiolani Community College Business Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major	Basic Certificate	Associate’s	Undergraduate Certificate	TOTAL
General Hospitality Administration/Management	8	83	85	176
Accounting Technology/Technician and Bookkeeping	0	14	6	20
Marketing/Marketing Management, General	0	1	0	1
Accounting	0	0	0	0
TOTAL	8	98	91	197

References

*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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics

More about our data sources and methodologies.