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Hawaii Community College

Hawaii Community College

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Hawaii Community College is a public, co-educational commuter college
College
College is a term most often used today to denote degree awarding tertiary educational institution. More broadly, it can be the name of any group of colleagues, for example, an electoral college, a College of Arms or the College of Cardinals...

 in Hilo, Hawaii on the Island of Hawaii
Hawaii (island)
The Island of Hawaii, also called the Big Island or Hawaii Island , is a volcanic island in the U.S. State of Hawaii in the North Pacific Ocean...

. It is one of ten branches of the University of Hawaii system
University of Hawaii
The University of Hawaii System, formally the University of Hawaii and popularly known as UH, is a public, co-educational college and university system that confers associate, bachelor, master, doctoral and post-doctoral degrees through three university campuses, seven community college campuses,...

 anchored by the University of Hawaii at Mānoa
University of Hawaii at Manoa
The University of Hawaii at Mānoa is a public, co-educational university and is the flagship campus of the greater University of Hawaii system. The school is located in Mānoa, an urban neighborhood community of Honolulu CDP, City and County of Honolulu, Hawaii, approximately three miles east and...

 in Honolulu
Honolulu, Hawaii
Honolulu is the capital of and the most populous census-designated place in the U.S. state of Hawaii. Although Honolulu refers to the urban area on the southeastern shore of the island of Oahu, the city and the county are consolidated, known as the City and County of Honolulu, and the city and...

 and is accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges
Western Association of Schools and Colleges
The Western Association of Schools and Colleges is one of six official academic bodies responsible for the accreditation of public and private universities, colleges, secondary and elementary schools in the United States and foreign institutions of American origin...

. The campus is less than a mile away from the University of Hawaii at Hilo
University of Hawaii at Hilo
The University of Hawaii at Hilo or UHH is one of ten branches of the University of Hawaii system anchored by the University of Hawaii at Mānoa in Honolulu, Hawaii. The University of Hawaii at Hilo is a public, co-educational university located in Hilo CDP, Hawaii County. It was founded as...

. The two schools share some facilities, including the library, some classrooms and offices.
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Hawaii Community College is a public, co-educational commuter college
College
College is a term most often used today to denote degree awarding tertiary educational institution. More broadly, it can be the name of any group of colleagues, for example, an electoral college, a College of Arms or the College of Cardinals...

 in Hilo, Hawaii on the Island of Hawaii
Hawaii (island)
The Island of Hawaii, also called the Big Island or Hawaii Island , is a volcanic island in the U.S. State of Hawaii in the North Pacific Ocean...

. It is one of ten branches of the University of Hawaii system
University of Hawaii
The University of Hawaii System, formally the University of Hawaii and popularly known as UH, is a public, co-educational college and university system that confers associate, bachelor, master, doctoral and post-doctoral degrees through three university campuses, seven community college campuses,...

 anchored by the University of Hawaii at Mānoa
University of Hawaii at Manoa
The University of Hawaii at Mānoa is a public, co-educational university and is the flagship campus of the greater University of Hawaii system. The school is located in Mānoa, an urban neighborhood community of Honolulu CDP, City and County of Honolulu, Hawaii, approximately three miles east and...

 in Honolulu
Honolulu, Hawaii
Honolulu is the capital of and the most populous census-designated place in the U.S. state of Hawaii. Although Honolulu refers to the urban area on the southeastern shore of the island of Oahu, the city and the county are consolidated, known as the City and County of Honolulu, and the city and...

 and is accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges
Western Association of Schools and Colleges
The Western Association of Schools and Colleges is one of six official academic bodies responsible for the accreditation of public and private universities, colleges, secondary and elementary schools in the United States and foreign institutions of American origin...

. The campus is less than a mile away from the University of Hawaii at Hilo
University of Hawaii at Hilo
The University of Hawaii at Hilo or UHH is one of ten branches of the University of Hawaii system anchored by the University of Hawaii at Mānoa in Honolulu, Hawaii. The University of Hawaii at Hilo is a public, co-educational university located in Hilo CDP, Hawaii County. It was founded as...

. The two schools share some facilities, including the library, some classrooms and offices.

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