Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 33, Number 9, 1 September 2016 — UH community colleges top in affordability [ARTICLE]

UH community colleges top in affordability

University of Hawai'i's community colleges have been named the most affordable of their kind in the nahon. The 2016 College Affordability Diagnosis by the Pennsylvania State University Graduate School of Education said Hawai'i's eommunity colleges are the most affordable two-year public higher education institutions in the country. The UH system includes seven community colleges: four on O'ahu and one eaeh on Hawai'i Island, Maui and Kaua'i. UH-Mānoa ranked in 5th among states in providing affordable edueahon to a public research facility. UH-Hilo and UH-West O'ahu eamed the state the 7th spot for affordable

access to a public, four-year, nondoctoral institution. When it comes to how big a percentage of family ineome is needed to pay for the full cost of higher education at a public institution, Hawai'i was deemed the third most affordable. Native Hawaiians interested in hnaneial aid opportunities to help pay for higher education should visit www.oha.org/scholarships to learn more about workshops and scholarship eligibility criteria and qualification requirements.