Program Payoff

Kapiolani Community College

Honolulu, Hawaii. 30 certificate and associate programs, public. 30 of them report what graduates earn; for the rest, the figure below is what the occupation pays in Hawaii.

ProgramCredentialMedian debtGraduates earnThe occupation pays
Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions Associate's degree $11,000 $81,702 (32) $59,900
Health Technologists and Technicians, All Other
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing Associate's degree $11,525 $69,338 (19) $136,320
Registered Nurses
Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services Associate's degree $41,565 (36) $48,410
Medical Assistants
Accounting and Related Services Associate's degree $32,925 (13) $48,730
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks
Culinary Arts and Related Services Associate's degree $31,236 (54) $45,420
Cooks, Restaurant
Hospitality Administration/Management Associate's degree $29,685 (29) $92,620
Business Operations Specialists, All Other
Graphic Communications Associate's degree $29,141 (13) $45,390
Printing Press Operators
Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities Associate's degree $9,975 $27,548 (66) $49,730
Postsecondary Teachers, All Other
Accounting and Related Services Undergraduate certificate not published $48,730
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks
Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions Undergraduate certificate not published $59,900
Health Technologists and Technicians, All Other
Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services Undergraduate certificate not published $48,410
Medical Assistants
Business Administration, Management and Operations Undergraduate certificate not published $108,180
General and Operations Managers
Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science/Research and Allied Professions Associate's degree not published $59,900
Health Technologists and Technicians, All Other
Computer and Information Sciences, General Undergraduate certificate not published $120,100
Computer Occupations, All Other
Computer and Information Sciences, General Associate's degree not published $120,100
Computer Occupations, All Other
Culinary Arts and Related Services Undergraduate certificate not published $45,420
Cooks, Restaurant
Dental Support Services and Allied Professions Undergraduate certificate not published $44,720
Dental Assistants
Entrepreneurial and Small Business Operations Undergraduate certificate not published $108,180
General and Operations Managers
Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, and Group Studies Associate's degree not published $42,270
Interpreters and Translators
Geological and Earth Sciences/Geosciences Undergraduate certificate not published $107,810
Natural Sciences Managers
Health Aides/Attendants/Orderlies Undergraduate certificate not published $45,350
Nursing Assistants
Hospitality Administration/Management Undergraduate certificate not published $92,620
Business Operations Specialists, All Other
Legal Support Services Undergraduate certificate not published $62,840
Paralegals and Legal Assistants
Legal Support Services Associate's degree not published $62,840
Paralegals and Legal Assistants
Marketing Associate's degree not published $116,340
Sales Managers
Mental and Social Health Services and Allied Professions Undergraduate certificate not published $55,150
Psychiatric Technicians
Natural Sciences Undergraduate certificate not published $107,810
Natural Sciences Managers
Natural Sciences Associate's degree not published $107,810
Natural Sciences Managers
Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing Assistants Undergraduate certificate not published $45,350
Nursing Assistants
Teaching Assistants/Aides Associate's degree not published $64,450
Educational Instruction and Library Workers, All Other

"Graduates earn" is the median two years after completing, from the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard, released 2026-06-10; the number in brackets is how many graduates it covers. A dash means the Department has not published a figure — it withholds any median computed from too few graduates — and never that the figure is zero. "The occupation pays" is the state median for the occupation the program leads to, from the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey, and describes everyone in that job rather than graduates of this school.