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Located in Pearl City, Hawaii, Leeward Community College is a public institution. Pearl City is a good match for students who enjoy the safety and convenience of the suburbs.

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Leeward 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 Leeward CC.

Rank Ranking Name Share
#22 Most Popular Online Accounting Undergraduate Certificate Schools Tweet It - Post It
#54 Most Popular Accounting Undergraduate Certificate Schools Tweet It - Post It

Where Is Leeward Community College?

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Contact details for Leeward CC are given below.

Contact Details
Address: 96-045 Ala Ike, Pearl City, HI 96782-3366
Phone: 808-455-0011
Website: www.leeward.hawaii.edu

How Do I Get Into Leeward CC?

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

Leeward 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 Leeward Community College?

6% Take Out Loans
11.0% 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 Leeward CC, approximately 6% of students took out student loans averaging $4,767 a year. That adds up to $19,068 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at Leeward CC is 11.0%. This is about the same as the national default rate of 10.1%.

Leeward Community College Undergraduate Student Diversity

2,240 Full-Time Undergraduates
60% Women
90% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
There are 6,363 undergraduate students at Leeward CC, with 2,240 being full-time and 4,123 being part-time.

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Gender Diversity

Of the 2,240 full-time undergraduates at Leeward CC, 40% are male and 60% are female.

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Racial-Ethnic Diversity

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Grads
Asian 717
Black or African American 53
Hispanic or Latino 399
White 179
International Students 35
Other Races/Ethnicities 857

Over 31 countries are represented at Leeward CC. The most popular countries sending students to the school are Japan, South Korea, and Vietnam.

Online Learning at Leeward Community College

4,940 Took All Classes Online
6,117 Took At Least One Class Online
48.9% Avg Growth Over 4 Years
In 2019-2020, 6,117 students took at least one online class at the school.

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

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This school is the 3rd 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 Leeward CC

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Leeward Community College was 48.9%. This is the #525 largest growth rate of all schools that are mostly online. This refers to all students at Leeward CC regardless of major.

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

Major Growth Rate Rank
Accounting Technology/Technician and Bookkeeping #115
Accounting #243

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%.

Leeward Community College Business Concentrations

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

Major Basic Certificate Associate’s Undergraduate Certificate TOTAL
Office Administration 50 19 0 69
Accounting Technology/Technician and Bookkeeping 0 16 18 34
General Administrative Assistant and Secretarial Science 0 9 6 15
General Business Administration and Management 1 11 0 12
Accounting 0 2 1 3
TOTAL 51 57 25 133

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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