Uploaded August 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 hours ago
Learn more about the data and how the new rule could impact Hawaiʻi students: civilbeat.org/2025/07/college-students-in-hawai%ca%bbi-could-lose-access-to-federal-loans
The federal budget reconciliation act, which President Donald Trump signed into law earlier this month, requires colleges to prove the value of their degrees by showing that their graduates earn more than workers with only a high school degree.
Programs whose graduates fail the wage comparison test twice in three years will lose their eligibility for federal student loans.
A preliminary analysis shows that roughly 17% of University of Hawaiʻi community college students were enrolled in programs at risk of losing eligibility.
Learn more about the data and how the new rule could impact Hawaiʻi students: civilbeat.org/2025/07/college-students-in-hawai%ca%bbi-could-lose-access-to-federal-loans
The federal budget reconciliation act, which President Donald Trump signed into law earlier this month, requires colleges to prove the value of their degrees by showing that their graduates earn more than workers with only a high school degree.
Programs whose graduates fail the wage comparison test twice in three years will lose their eligibility for federal student loans.
A preliminary analysis shows that roughly 17% of University of Hawaiʻi community college students were enrolled in programs at risk of losing eligibility.
