An analysis of persistence of 9,171 fall 1974 entering students in Hawaii community colleges, by various characteristics, was conducted. Characteristics focused on were: sex, age, marital status, high school background, entry, status (full- or part-time), educational objective, program, grade point average (GPA), and credit completion ratio. Data were analyzed for the community college system total and for each campus by the student characteristics, as well as for each campus by program clusters enrolling at least 50 students and by student characteristics. A general profile of persisters indicated they were: below 19 years of age at time of entry, had attended Oahu public high schools, were full-time students, were working for A. S. degrees, were enrolled in the business or hotel/food services program, had GPA's of 2.0-2.9, and had high credit completion ratios. Non-persisters were found in high proportion among: the 22-24 year old group, students who graduated from high schools on the mainland or U.S. possessions, part-time students, students with GPA's below 2.0, and students who completed less than half of their attempted credits. Overall, 30% of the fall 1974 entering students attended one semester only, 22% attended two semesters, 11% attended three semesters, 29% attended four semesters, and 8% graduated. Appended are detailed tables on persistence rates--total and disaggregated. (Author/JDS)