Terrible experience here in the ADN and PN program. Stay on path and ahead otherwise they will fail you!

Hawaii Community College is the only community college available on the Big Island of Hawaii. It enrolls a diverse student body of over 3,400 students, and the largest ethnic groups of the student body are Native Hawaiian (46%), Caucasian (15%), Filipino (10%), Japanese (5%), and Pacific Islander (4%). Mixed/Multiracial students comprise 15% of the student body, and 1.8% are international. Hawaii Community College (also known as HCC on the Big Island or HawCC in the University of Hawaii system) has many wonderful educational programs, including Hawaii Lifestyles, culinary arts, nursing, and technical programs such as auto mechanics, electronics, and agriculture. Many students study liberal arts in preparation to transfer to the University of Hawaii at Hilo or the University of Hawaii at Mānoa. I have personally taken classes in Hawaiian Studies, and all of them have been wonderful. Since j2011, I have taken Ho`oponopono, Piko Hawai`i, Hawai`i Plant Culture, Mahi`ai 1, and Hawaiian Language 101 and 102. The kumu (teachers) for each of the classes are deeply knowledgeable from both an academic and life experience perspective. They don't just know content; they live what they teach. A highlight of the Hawaiian Studies program is the end-of-semester hōike where students present what they learned during the semester through mele (songs), oli (chants), hula (dances), and other demonstrations. There are many services available to students such as the Kau Wa`a student center, academic and personal counseling, student council, clubs and organizations (eg, Japanese Club, InterVarsity Christian Fellowship, etc). Parking on the Manono campus is free, unlike at the UH-Hilo campus where a permit is required. read more

Hawai'i Community College - The front of the Hawaii Community College Manono Campus. - Colleges & Universities Near Me - Hilo, Hawaii

* I don't do reviews really but I had to for this one* I'm from Hawaii and went to Leeward Community College, Windward Community College and UH Hilo. I'm a hard working person who loves college, pays out of pocket from working 2 jobs and grants, live on my own and pay taxes. My experience may not be your experience at this campus but if I could give advice, it'd be to not attend Hawai'i community college. There are some amazing teachers here that made me stay and after meeting with a different counselor I felt a lot better. I just love the teachers here!! But do your research before attending this campus! I'm currently a HCC student. They are my home campus. Hawai'i Community College is an administrative nightmare. Nearly every office bounces me around a lot with the exception of Financial Aid. I have had nothing but problems at this campus which are very uncharacteristic of the other campus' in the UHCC system. It maybe that this campus isn't as supported as the others and I can appreciate this, resources may not be adequately supporting HCC. But none of that prompted me to write this until I met with a counselor for help and was warned about her later actually. A tenured female counselor was really rude, condescending and aggressive. She offered little help, was on Facebook while I was there with her, and had no class for the sensitive information I was giving her. I left in tears from my meeting with this woman. She gave me a lot of bad information to make decisions costly to my experience at HCC and as a future college student. She's a reminder of why students don't go to school and why there's little respect or trust on whether colleges actually care about their students as students and not just profit centers. Family and friends warned me about this campus and have since switched to UH Hilo. I will be at UH Hilo next semester. read more

Barely, just baaarely graduated from high school across da street, took da SAT exams just once (barely scored a cumulative 800 in both Math & English), and with a high school GPA barely fluttering above academic probation. Choke of my fellow upper-echelon akamai, middle-class upbringing classmates would be attending the "prestigious" UH-Manoa or, even bettah, going to the mainland for their higher education. I wasn't even thinking about it, but was "forced" into doing it by a positive adult female mentor who was in my life at the time. I was a lost cause. Thank Buddha HawCC was in my life. This was my introduction to the world of higher education coming from piss-poor public education standards. Always thought I was too dumb, too piss-poor, too inferior to make it .... but my professors here proved me wrong. First off, the quality of education you receive at a community college in Hawai'i far exceeds what you'll get at the university level at UH-Hilo or UH-Manoa. I'm extremely proud to say that I had the opportunity to attend 2 community colleges. I saved thousands of dollars in tuition money, was the recipient of a generously intimate professor-to-student ratio (20 - 25 students per class, 1 instructor), and was taught by some of the most well-qualified (many had more than their Masters degrees & had gotten them from mainland universities), endearing & compassionate professors around. Being one of 25 in a class versus beats being 1 out of 200 in a large lecture Psychology class at UH-Manoa; I've been a both ends. My most memorable, competent, and lively professors were found at the community college level. Secondly, a smaller population of student and faculty supported an oddly intimate, but positive and encouraging learning atmosphere that pushed you to succeed further. Professors here took attendance in their classes; it was part of the grading system. You were made accountable to be in class, be doing the work, and participating as much as anyone else who enrolled in that course. If you didn't show up for a day or 2, the professors would get concerned. Yes, they were involved in your academic success on a professional and personal level! Sooo unlike the majority of my UHM professors. You got to talk stories and learn about your classmates, their backgrounds, reasons why they were returning to school ... I had choke single moms and older adults returning to school after their keiki had grown, people who'd just come out of the military, other folks who were trying to straighten their lives after whatever else they lived through ... I miss wala'au-ing (talking) & truly forming some personal relationships with my fellow academics. You learned that dey had da same fears as you did and propped each other up when things were bad, called each other if you had a problem doing question #24, formed study groups to prepare for quizzes, midterm & final exams, etc. Lastly, it was the majority of the faculty and staff wanting you to succeed. Not all of them, but a significant majority. I can't even remember all of my professors ... Charlene Marlowe, John Marlow, Professor Bader who I heard was one of the best math professors to take, Professor Linus Chao & Professor Lee in the Art Department (ghetto portables on the lower campus). I never forgot all of them. Eventually, I did make it out of higher education with my Bachelor's Degree in Psychology, but I don't thank UH-Manoa so much as the folks who decided to take a chance on this one ghetto Asian wahine from the public housing and believe that she was intelligent, was worthy & could excel in their world. read more

word around town is someone might find this useful as well as anyone else that gives HCC and UH Hilo 1 star: Madori R./ Layla L. I'm looking your way! Colleges each year receive money from the Federal Government for numerous reasons: initiatives, financial aid, loans, building infrastructures, grants....the list goes on. Well haha in doing so these Colleges have a responsibility to follow the laws of the federal government....IE they have to conduct business in a formal manner inline with the government: cant discriminate, personal rights etc. So treating someone anyway or mismanagement is against the law....why give you fish when I can give you this pole....take alook at Education Amendments..laws governing higher education. In closing always be respectable and strong men/women! Yea dont start negative but know how to wrap it up! read more

I am not a believer in this institution. I was enrolled during High School in the Running Start Program. As part of our agreement with the High School I was enrolled with our counselor was in charge of enrolling us in classes as well as arranging payment. After I took my first class I told my counselor that I did not wish to enroll in another semester. She told me she would arrange to withdraw me. Years later I discovered that my counselor did not withdraw me and it resulted in a 2 failed classes and a GPA of 0.8. Because of this I was put under academic supervision. Which means that I could not have access to my federal financial aide through this Hawaii Community College or University of Hawaii. I sent a letter of appeal to the Dean which was denied. A few weeks ago I sent another letter to the College Admission Chancellor, requesting that the two classes that I 'Failed' to be removed and explained the circumstances as to why the classes were not properly withdrawn from. They sent me a response stating that I was illegally asking the college to omit information from the federal government in order to receive federal aid. I felt very disrespected by this email ad extremely offended. I was simply asking that the college understand that I had no power in withdrawing from these classes. That my high school counselor who was the sole individual with the access to withdraw me from these classes and failed to do so was the result of my academic dismissal. I wanted the classes to be removed from my record because I felt it was not my fault and hoped the college would provide a solid solution so that I could attend college. Without Financial Aide I cannot attend college at all.So for the past five years this college has refused to allow me to better my life appeal after appeal because of two classes that I never attended all at the fault of a high school counselor with to much on her plate. I am beyond disappointed with this college and after so many years of negative experience after negative experience I hope others will think twice about enrolling or otherwise realize this college is not here for your benefit or your interest. It would be fruitless to say this but I will remember what this college did to me and I will always remember what this college accused me of. read more