Private for-profit · Community college

Hawaii Institute of Hair Design

Honolulu, Hawaii · Large city

#5 graduation rate in Hawaii

0%
Transfer rate: $20,970
Avg net price: 82%
Grad / completion: $25,235
Median earnings

Hawaii Institute of Hair Design is a private for-profit certificate-granting institution in Honolulu, Hawaii (large city setting), enrolling 85 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.

Private for-profitSmall · 85 undergradsLarge cityMild wintersNear the coast

About Honolulu, Hawaii

Honolulu is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Hawaii, located in the Pacific Ocean. Evidence of the first settlement of Honolulu by the original Polynesian migrants to the archipelago comes from oral histories and artifacts. These indicate that there was a settlement where Honolulu now stands in the 11th century. The Bishop Museum is Honolulu's largest museum. It has the state's largest collection of natural history specimens and the world's largest collection of Hawaiiana and Pacific culture artifacts. (Wikipedia)

Setting: Large city
Highest degree offered: Certificate
Nearest big city: Honolulu, HI
To the ocean: 1 mile
Nearest airport: 4 miles to Daniel K. Inouye (HNL) · major hub

How Hawaii Institute of Hair Design compares

Graduation rate82%

Higher than 80% · #5 of 12 in Hawaii

First-year retention100%

Higher than 95%

Earnings, 10 years after entry$25,235

Higher than 19% · #9 of 9 in Hawaii

Average net price$20,970

Cheaper than 29% · #9 cheapest of 11 in Hawaii

Median debt at graduation$5,793

Lower than 95%

Student–faculty ratio17 : 1

Lower than 44%

Undergraduate enrollment85

Larger than 24%

Percentiles compare Hawaii Institute of Hair Design with the nation's 3,519 two-year and certificate schools, among schools reporting each statistic. State ranks count two-year and certificate schools in Hawaii.

Student body

Undergraduates by gender

Women4047%
Men4553%

Undergraduates by race / ethnicity

White5.9%
Black5.9%
Hispanic13%
Asian27%
Other or multiracial48%

Graduate gender splits aren't published in this data, so the gender chart covers undergraduates only.

By the numbers

Undergraduate enrollment: 85
Student–faculty ratio: 17 : 1
Pell Grant recipients: 57%
First-generation students: 59%
Students over 25: 57%
Median family income: $16,976

Colleges don't publish true class-size data; student–faculty ratio (IPEDS) is the closest public measure of it.

Cost

In-state tuition: —
Room & board: —
Total cost of attendance: —
Average net price: $20,970

Outcomes

Graduated: 82%
First-year retention: 100%
Transferred to another college: 0%
Median earnings, 6 years after entry: $17,489
Median earnings, 10 years after entry: $25,235
Median debt at graduation: $5,793
Students with federal loans: 44%
Paying down their loans (1 year in): 56%

Campus life & athletics

On-campus housing: No
Application fee: $25

What you'll actually pay, by family income

Average net price (total cost minus grants and scholarships) paid by aided students in each family-income band.

< $30k

$20,657

$30–48k

$19,382

$48–75k

$18,040

$75–110k

$23,964

$110k+

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College Scorecard / IPEDS, most recent year. Family income is total household income; net price covers tuition, fees, room, board and supplies after grant aid, for students receiving federal aid.

Does the school pay you to attend?

Grant aid from the school's own funds — the discount off sticker, on top of any federal or state help.

of first-years get a grant from the school

$443

average award, among those who get one

Modest institutional aid: 4% of freshmen get a grant from the school, averaging $443. Most of what lowers the price here is federal or state money, not the school's own funds.

Blends need-based and merit aid — IPEDS doesn't split the two, so a high number can mean generous merit scholarships, deep need-based aid, or both. Figures cover 25 full-time first-year undergraduates, 2022–23. Source: IPEDS Student Financial Aid.

Is it worth it?

A rough return-on-investment read from what graduates earn versus what they borrow.

Median earnings (10 years): $25,235
Typical debt at graduation: $5,793
Debt vs. one year's pay: 23%
Out-earn a HS grad: 25%

Typical debt would take roughly 2.3 years to repay at about a tenth of median earnings.

Solid value

A reasonable return: earnings comfortably clear the debt over a few years for most students who finish.

Earnings are the College Scorecard median for former students (working, not enrolled) 10 years after entry — not a guarantee, and they vary a lot by major. Debt is the median federal loan balance at graduation.

The pay gap here

Median earnings 10 years after entry, split by gender.

Women

$21,731

Men

$30,375

Men out-earn women by $8,644 (40%) a decade out.

Federal figures for former students working and not enrolled, 10 years after they first entered. A gap this wide usually reflects which majors men and women here tend to choose — not different pay for the same job.

Campus climate

Summer high: 88°F
Winter low: 66°F
Annual rain: 20.6″

Average temperature

HighLow

Average precipitation (inches)

NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Waikiki 717.2, HI US station (4 mi from campus).

What Hawaii Institute of Hair Design graduates study — and earn

Cosmetology and Related Personal Grooming Services

43 grads$17k 1 yr$17k 5 yr$6k debt

43$16,699$16,622$5,838

Median earnings of this school's own graduates 1 and 5 years after finishing each program, and median federal-loan debt at completion (College Scorecard). Small programs are privacy-suppressed (—). Click a major to compare colleges nationally.

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Source: US Department of Education College Scorecard (most recent cohorts), IPEDS institutional characteristics, Equity in Athletics (EADA) data, Clery Act Campus Safety and Security data, and NOAA US Climate Normals. Distances are straight-line from campus coordinates. Percentiles compare schools of the same level (four-year vs. two-year) that report each statistic.