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Located in Lihue, Hawaii, Kauai Community College is a public institution. The charming, small-town atmosphere of Lihue draws many to the area.

113 Undergraduate Degrees

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Kauai Community College Rankings

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.

Program Level Awards

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

Rank Ranking Name Share
#46 Most Popular Hospitality Management Associate Degree Schools Tweet It - Post It

Where Is Kauai Community College?

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Contact details for Kauai CC are given below.

Contact Details
Address: 3-1901 Kaumualii Highway, Lihue, HI 96766-9500
Phone: 808-245-8311
Website: www.kauai.hawaii.edu

How Do I Get Into Kauai CC?

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

As long as you submit the requested materials to Kauai Community College when applying, you shouldn't have to worry about getting in since the school has an open admissions policy.

Can I Afford Kauai Community College?

4% Take Out Loans
9.8% Loan Default Rate

Student Loan Debt

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 Kauai CC, approximately 4% of students took out student loans averaging $5,133 a year. That adds up to $20,532 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at Kauai CC is 9.8%. This is about the same as the national default rate of 10.1%.

Kauai Community College Undergraduate Student Diversity

335 Full-Time Undergraduates
58% Women
84% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
There are 1,461 undergraduate students at Kauai CC, with 335 being full-time and 1,126 being part-time.

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Gender Diversity

Of the 335 full-time undergraduates at Kauai CC, 42% are male and 58% are female.

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Racial-Ethnic Diversity

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Grads
Asian 94
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 61
White 45
International Students 4
Other Races/Ethnicities 131

Over 3 countries are represented at Kauai CC. The most popular countries sending students to the school are Japan, Australia, and Canada.

Online Learning at Kauai Community College

1,075 Took All Classes Online
1,296 Took At Least One Class Online
174.6% Avg Growth Over 4 Years
In 2019-2020, 1,296 students took at least one online class at the school.

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

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This school is the 5th most popular in Hawaii for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2019-2020.

Online Growth Rankings of Kauai CC

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Kauai Community College was 174.6%. This is the #263 largest growth rate of all schools that are mostly online. This refers to all students at Kauai CC regardless of major.

The table below shows how the average growth rate over 4 years at Kauai 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 Kauai CC.

Major Growth Rate Rank
General Business Administration and Management #112
Business Administration & Management #148

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%.

Kauai Community College Business Concentrations

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

Major Basic Certificate Associate’s Undergraduate Certificate TOTAL
Accounting Technology/Technician and Bookkeeping 59 4 8 71
General Hospitality Administration/Management 16 13 0 29
General Business Administration and Management 0 6 7 13
Accounting 0 0 0 0
General Administrative Assistant and Secretarial Science 0 0 0 0
TOTAL 75 23 15 113

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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