The Hawaii Community College System conducted a follow-up study of the 8,979 students who enrolled for the first time in fall 1975, to determine persistence rates and to ascertain the characteristics of graduates, persisters, non-persisters, and stop-outs. Those who had attended four continuous semesters and had graduated, were designated "graduates.""Persisters" were those who had attended four continuous semesters, but had not graduated. "Stop-outs" were those who had attended more than one semester, but not all four. And "non-persisters" were those who had attended one semester only. At the end of spring 1977, 8.4% were graduates, 30.9% were persisters, 35.2% were classified as stop-outs, and 25.4% were non-persisters. In general, graduates had attended Neighbor Island public high schools, were full-time students with 3.5+ GPA's, and were working for certificates in health or technology programs. Persisters tended to be less than 19 years old at entry, had attended Oahu public high schools, were full-time students working for the Associate of Science degree, were enrolled in business or hotel/food servies, and had GPA's ranging from 2.0 to 2.9. Non-persisters were usually 22 to 24 years old, graduates of Mainland or territorial high schools, and were transfers, part-time, and/or unclassified students with GPA's below 2.0 who completed less than half their attempted credits. Stop-outs and the three categories already described are analyzed by campus and program and by student characteristics within programs. Statistical data are appended. (RT)