Hawaiʻi Community CollegeOther

Hawaiʻi Community College is a public community college serving Hawaiʻi Island as part of the University of Hawaiʻi System. Its mandate is to provide accessible higher education, career and technical training, and liberal arts transfer programs, with an emphasis on Native Hawaiian culture and community needs. Established in 1941 by the Territorial Legislature as the Hawaiʻi Vocational School, it later joined the statewide university system in 1964 and was officially renamed Hawaiʻi Community College in 1970.