by our College Data Analytics TeamGet the facts about Kauai Community College. Learn how it ranks, what majors it offers, how diverse it is, and much more.
College Factual recognizes the best colleges and universities in its annual rankings. These rankings include categories for best overall colleges, best colleges for each major, best value schools, and much more.
College Factual ranked Kauai CC / KauCC as #2,193 out of 3,449 colleges and universities in the country on its 2026 Best Colleges list.
Kauai CC / KauCC is also ranked #7 on the Best Colleges in Hawaii list.
At Kauai CC / KauCC, the student to faculty ratio is an excellent 11 to 1. That’s much better than the national average of 15 to 1. This indicates that many classes will probably be small, and students will have ample opportunities to work closely with their professors and classmates.
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 Kauai Community College is 62%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.
Kauai Community College has a freshmen retention rate of 78%. That’s a good sign that full-time students like the school and their professors enough to want to stick around for another year. It’s also a sign that the admissions team did a good job in choosing applicants who were a good fit for the school.
The on-time graduation rate is the percent of first-time, full-time students who get their bachelor’s degree within four years. At Kauai CC / KauCC this rate is 29%, which is about average when compared to the national rate of 33.3%.
Find out more about the retention and graduation rates at Kauai Community College.
The current enrollment includes 726 undergraduates at Kauai CC / KauCC.
Get more detailed information on the diversity at Kauai Community College.
The average net price of Kauai CC / KauCC is $16,772. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group. 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 price for a school. For more information on the sticker price of Kauai CC / KauCC, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
While almost two-thirds of students nationwide take out loans to pay for college, the percentage may be quite different for the school you plan on attending. At Kauai CC / KauCC, approximately 2% of students took out student loans averaging $6,251 a year. That adds up to $25,004 over four years for those students. The student loan default rate is 18.5%. This is significantly higher than the national default rate of 10.1%, which means you could have trouble paying back your student loans if you take any out. Get more details about paying for Kauai Community College.
The pay for some majors is higher than others, but on average, students who graduate with a bachelor’s degree from Kauai Community College make about $36,868 a year during their first few years of employment after graduation. This is about 25% less than the average pay for college graduates overall. However, graduates with your major may make more.
See which majors at Kauai Community College make the most money.
Kauai Community College is an public institution situated in Lihue, Hawaii. Students who love country life may enjoy the rural location of Kauai CC / KauCC. Get more details about the location of Kauai Community College.
Contact information for Kauai Community College are listed below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 3-1901 Kaumualii Highway, Lihue, HI 96766-9500 |
| Phone: | 8082458311 |
| Website: | www.kauai.hawaii.edu |
During the most recent year for which we have data, students from 12 majors graduated from Kauai Community College. The following table lists the most popular undergraduate majors along with the average salary graduates from those majors make.
| Most Popular Majors | Completions | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Multi-Disciplinary Studies | 314 | NA |
| Accounting | 64 | NA |
| Liberal Arts General Studies | 55 | NA |
| Vehicle Maintenance & Repair | 49 | NA |
| Business Administration & Management | 22 | NA |
| Electrical & Power Installation | 21 | NA |
| Nursing | 17 | $60,307 |
| Culinary Arts | 14 | NA |
| Allied Health Services | 13 | NA |
| Nursing & Nursing Assistants | 13 | NA |
Online courses are a great option for busy, working students as well as for those who have scheduling conflicts and want to study on their own time. As time goes by, expect to see more and more online learning options become available.
746 students took at least one online class at Kauai Community College.
Learn more about online learning at Kauai 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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