Coastal Bend College
About
Coastal Bend College is a community college located in South Texas, founded in 1965. It offers a range of programs, including Career & Technical Education, General Transfer Education, and Nursing & Allied Health, and emphasizes workforce development and regional partnerships.
Graduation rate & outcomes
Completion, retention, and the equity gap between Pell and non-Pell students.
Pell equity
Pell recipients graduate at a higher rate than non-Pell students here — unusual and worth investigating.
Program outcomes
Federal Program Performance Data: how each program's graduate earnings and debt measure up under Financial Value Transparency and Gainful Employment.
Of 39 Title IV programs, 0 pass the federal Gainful Employment test and 0 fail. 39 have graduate earnings too small to publish, so they carry no pass/fail verdict.
Pass / fail distribution
- Passing0 · 0.0%
- No Data39 · 100.0%
- Failing0 · 0.0%
Severity spectrum
Tiers band programs by how far graduate earnings sit above or below the benchmark, from Critical (below −15%) through Safe (above +25%). No data means earnings were privacy-suppressed.
Accreditation status & history
Who accredits the institution, current standing, and any past actions.
Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges
Programmatic accreditations · 2
Action history · 22
- Dec 2025Renewal of AccreditationJoint Review Committee on Education in Radiologic Technology · Radiologic Technology (RAD) - Programs for radiographers
- Jun 2025Heightened Monitoring or Focused ReviewSouthern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges
- Jun 2025Grant Substantive Change: OtherSouthern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges
- Jan 2025Probation or Equivalent or a More Severe Status: ProbationJoint Review Committee on Education in Radiologic Technology · Radiologic Technology (RAD) - Programs for radiographers
- Nov 2024Grant Substantive Change: ProgramSouthern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges
Tuition & cost
What families actually pay, broken down by family income.
Net price by family income
Negative values mean aid exceeds the published cost of attendance for that income band.
Federal aid volume & trends
Pell grants and federal Direct Loan volume disbursed to students, and how they've trended.
In AY 2024–25, 1,227 students received $5.4M in Pell grants, alongside $1.0M in federal Direct Loans.
Pell recipients · 5-year trend
Loan volume by type · AY 2024–25
Loan awards count each loan type a student holds, not unique borrowers; one student may carry several (e.g. subsidized and unsubsidized), so the per-type figures are the reliable detail.
Student loan default rate
The share of student borrowers who default on federal loans within three years, against the national benchmark.
Of 364 borrowers who entered repayment, 20 (5.4%) defaulted within three years — above the 2.3% national rate.
Default rate vs national, by cohort
* Cohorts 2020 and later read near 0% because the federal COVID-19 payment pause (CARES Act) suspended defaults nationwide. These years reflect a national policy, not institutional performance; the 2019 cohort is the last measured under normal repayment.
Academic programs at Coastal Bend College
Top program areas ranked by completions.
Top program families by completions
Enrollment trends & demographics
Fall headcount, 12-month unduplicated enrollment, and student body composition.
Gender split
Race / ethnicity composition
Athletics & Title IX gender equity
How athletic participation, aid, and spending are split between men and women.
Men vs women · spending splits
Sport-by-sport · 5
Campus safety & crime statistics
Reported on-campus crimes over the last three years, including violence and hate crimes.
3-year trend
Criminal offenses by type
By location
- On campus1
VAWA offenses
Hate crimes by bias
No hate crimes reported.
Arrests vs disciplinary referrals
Residence-hall fires
Student-faculty ratio
Student-to-faculty ratio and instructional staff counts.
Coastal Bend College vs Peer comparison
The peer institutions Coastal Bend College selected for federal comparison reporting.
A larger shape on any axis means this institution outperforms its peers on that dimension. For acceptance rate and net price, lower raw values are inverted so "more selective" and "more affordable" appear larger.
| Carnegie | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SubjectCoastal Bend College | 25% | — | 4,259 | $3,886 | Community College |
Alvin Community College | — | — | 5,872 | $4,233 | Community College |
Angelina College | — | — | 3,890 | $8,900 | Community College |
Brazosport College | — | — | 3,812 | $3,022 | Baccalaureate |
Cisco College | — | — | 3,160 | $9,099 | Community College |
College of the Mainland | — | — | 5,127 | $1,975 | Community College |
Grayson College | — | — | 4,324 | $4,984 | Community College |
Hill College | — | — | 4,158 | $6,615 | Community College |
Kilgore College | — | — | 7,198 | $6,629 | Community College |
Lee College | — | — | 8,323 | $7,519 | Community College |
McLennan Community College | — | — | 7,850 | $6,185 | Community College |
Midland College | — | — | 5,690 | $5,720 | Baccalaureate |
Odessa College | — | — | 9,981 | $9,296 | Community College |
Paris Junior College | — | — | 4,533 | $6,662 | Community College |
Temple College | — | — | 5,274 | $6,934 | Community College |
Texarkana College | — | — | 4,290 | $7,236 | Community College |
Texas Southmost College | — | — | 8,828 | $5,458 | Community College |
Trinity Valley Community College | — | — | 5,961 | $3,801 | Community College |
Victoria College | — | — | 3,276 | $4,550 | Community College |
Weatherford College | — | — | 6,520 | $8,664 | Community College |
Wharton County Junior College | — | — | 5,504 | $5,021 | Community College |
| Peer group median | 25% | — | 5,274 | $6,185 |
Coastal Bend College Institutional Research office
The IR team responsible for the institution's federal reporting.
The Office of Institutional Effectiveness serves Coastal Bend College by the collection, analysis, and dissemination of data to provide information that supports institutional planning and continuous improvement efforts.
Visit IR office page- Braden ReedSenior Director of Institutional Effectiveness, Accreditation, & Assessment
- Ryan ContrerasDatabase Administrator
Reports & documents (2)
Dashboards, factbooks, data dictionaries, and other reference material published by the IR office.
- DFR reportIPEDS Data Feedback Report 20242024nces.ed.gov
- Strategic planStrategic Plan 2026 - 20312026The Coastal Bend College Strategic Plan 2026–2031 is a comprehensive blueprint that aims to foster student success, boost workforce development, and promote institutional growth across its service region. Emphasizing access, affordability, and academic excellence, the plan delineates clear priorities such as strengthening enrollment and enhancing workforce partnerships while ensuring long-term sustainability. This strategic vision is backed by data-driven methodologies to achieve significant improvements in student outcomes, workforce alignment, and overall institutional effectiveness.coastalbend.edu
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