by our College Data Analytics TeamA lot of students are not billed the advertised price of a school. Instead, they will be provided a financial aid package that will include a combination of scholarships, grants, loans, and work-study. The sum total of attendance at Kauai Community College can sound tremendous, but do not forget that almost all students get some type of financial help.
What financing options does Kauai CC offer, and what will you qualify for? Keep scrolling for more information. Keep scrolling to find out how much school funding will be available to you.
The amount of financial aid and scholarships you are eligible for will vary depending on your family’s income. Use the information below to understand how much financial assistance you may get from Kauai Community College.
Colleges use loans, grants, scholarships and work-study to minimize what students actually pay out of pocket. Note that some aid is more valuable than the rest, and individual awards are far from uniform.
Among first-time, full-time freshmen at Kauai Community College, 77% of first-time, full-time freshmen received some form of financial aid around 54 freshmen).
| Type of Aid | % of Freshmen Receiving | Average Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Grant or scholarship aid (all sources) | 77% | $6,209 |
| Institutional grants & scholarships | 61% | $3,004 |
| Federal Pell grants | 47% | $4,995 |
| State/local grants | 23% | $2,488 |
| Federal student loans | 0% | — |
Gift aid — grants and scholarships — beats loans every time because none of it has to be repaid. At Kauai CC, approximately 39% of undergrads got grants or scholarships worth on average $4,963 (across roughly 500 awardees).
| Award | % of Undergrads Receiving | Average Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Grant or scholarship aid (all sources) | 39% | $4,963 |
| Federal Pell grants | 25% | $3,924 |
| Federal student loans | 2% | $6,251 |
For students living on campus and receiving title-IV aid, grants averaged $8,306.
Need-based aid means lower-income families typically pay far less than the sticker price suggests.
| Family Income | Average Net Price |
|---|---|
| $0 – $48,000 | $4,983 |
| $30,001 – $75,000 | $5,780 |
| Over $75,000 | $8,867 |
Each amount is the average cost remaining once grant aid is subtracted, by income band.
Net price is the average annual cost after grants and scholarships are subtracted from the published cost of attendance — the figure closest to what a typical aid-receiving student actually pays.
| Cohort | Average Net Price |
|---|---|
| On-campus title-IV students | $10,436 |
| Off-campus title-IV students | $5,724 |
For an estimate tailored to your family circumstances, see Kauai CC’s net price calculator: www.kauai.hawaii.edu/net-price-calculator.
Graduating students at Kauai CC carry a median federal student debt of $7,000 in federal loans.
| Metric | Amount |
|---|---|
| Median federal debt (all student-aid borrowers) | $7,000 |
| Median federal debt (graduates only) | $10,500 |
| Typical 10-year monthly payment (graduates) | $111.32/mo |
Spreading the median graduate debt over a standard 10-year repayment schedule works out to roughly the monthly payment shown above.
A single median figure conceals how much debt outcomes differ student to student. These percentiles trace how cumulative federal debt is spread among borrowers at Kauai CC.
| Percentile | Cumulative Federal Debt |
|---|---|
| 10th percentile (lowest-debt students) | $1,750 |
| 25th percentile | $3,500 |
| 75th percentile | $12,344 |
| 90th percentile (highest-debt students) | $20,886 |
The figures below break down median federal debt by income tier, first-generation status, and dependency.
Median Debt by Income Bracket
| Income tier | Median federal debt |
|---|---|
| Low income | $9,000 |
| Middle income | $5,817 |
| High income | $5,500 |
By First-Generation Status
| Cohort | Median federal debt |
|---|---|
| First-generation students | $7,000 |
| Continuing-generation students | $6,750 |
By Dependency Status
| Cohort | Median federal debt |
|---|---|
| Dependent students | $4,576 |
| Independent students | $9,393 |
These indicators are derived from the underlying debt data and summarize the overall picture at Kauai CC.
Stafford loans are the federal government’s primary direct undergraduate lending program. The totals below capture Stafford lending at Kauai CC:
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| Stafford loan recipients | 1043 |
| Total Stafford loan amount | $10,275,251 |
If you are a veteran or active-duty service member, the GI Bill and DoD Tuition Assistance are the primary federal programs you can use at this school.
Post-9/11 GI Bill activity
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| GI Bill recipients | 29 |
| Total GI Bill amount | $50,070 |
| Average GI Bill amount per recipient | $1,727 |
Active-duty Tuition Assistance recipients
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| DoD Tuition Assistance recipients | 0 |
| Total DoD amount | $0 |
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