Program Payoff

Hawaii Community College

Hilo, Hawaii. 42 certificate and associate programs, public. 42 of them report what graduates earn; for the rest, the figure below is what the occupation pays in Hawaii.

ProgramCredentialMedian debtGraduates earnThe occupation pays
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing Associate's degree $12,878 $58,673 (32) $136,320
Registered Nurses
Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies/Technicians Associate's degree $33,993 (38) $87,550
First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers
Criminal Justice and Corrections Associate's degree $29,685 (14) $42,820
Security Guards
Fire Protection Associate's degree $29,685 (11) $51,990
Career/Technical Education Teachers, Postsecondary
Electrical and Power Transmission Installers Associate's degree $27,397 (17) $87,550
First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers
Culinary Arts and Related Services Associate's degree $26,739 (27) $45,420
Cooks, Restaurant
Business Operations Support and Assistant Services Associate's degree $23,456 (17) $42,340
Office Clerks, General
Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities Associate's degree $9,250 $20,687 (82) $49,730
Postsecondary Teachers, All Other
Accounting and Related Services Associate's degree $17,846 (11) $48,730
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks
Accounting and Related Services Undergraduate certificate not published $48,730
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks
Applied Horticulture and Horticultural Business Services Undergraduate certificate not published $45,920
Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers
Applied Horticulture and Horticultural Business Services Associate's degree not published $45,920
Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers
Business Operations Support and Assistant Services Undergraduate certificate not published $42,340
Office Clerks, General
Carpenters Undergraduate certificate not published $85,280
Carpenters
Carpenters Associate's degree not published $85,280
Carpenters
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
Drafting/Design Engineering Technologies/Technicians Undergraduate certificate not published $63,510
Architectural and Civil Drafters
Drafting/Design Engineering Technologies/Technicians Associate's degree not published $63,510
Architectural and Civil Drafters
Electrical and Power Transmission Installers Undergraduate certificate not published $87,550
First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers
Electrical/Electronic Engineering Technologies/Technicians Undergraduate certificate not published $96,200
Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technologists and Technicians
Electrical/Electronic Engineering Technologies/Technicians Associate's degree not published $96,200
Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technologists and Technicians
Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, and Group Studies Associate's degree not published $42,270
Interpreters and Translators
Fire Protection Undergraduate certificate not published $51,990
Career/Technical Education Teachers, Postsecondary
Forestry Undergraduate certificate not published $60,050
First-Line Supervisors of Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Workers
Forestry Associate's degree not published $60,050
First-Line Supervisors of Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Workers
Graphic Communications Undergraduate certificate not published $45,390
Printing Press Operators
Graphic Communications Associate's degree not published $45,390
Printing Press Operators
Hospitality Administration/Management Undergraduate certificate not published $92,620
Business Operations Specialists, All Other
Hospitality Administration/Management Associate's degree not published $92,620
Business Operations Specialists, All Other
Human Services, General Undergraduate certificate not published $42,400
Social and Human Service Assistants
Marketing Undergraduate certificate not published $116,340
Sales Managers
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 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
Precision Metal Working Undergraduate certificate not published $79,000
Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers
Precision Metal Working Associate's degree not published $79,000
Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods Undergraduate certificate not published $71,410
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods Associate's degree not published $71,410
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education
Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies/Technicians Undergraduate certificate not published $87,550
First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers

"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.