Community CollegePublic
Coastal Carolina Community College
Acceptance
Open admission
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6-yr Graduation
49%
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Total enrollment
3,659
peer median 4,777
Avg net price
$9,461
+$2.6k vs Community College
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About
Coastal Carolina Community College is a public community college in Jacksonville, North Carolina. Roughly eight thousand students are enrolled at the institution. It is part of the North Carolina Community College System and a satellite school of the University of North Carolina at Wilmington.
Graduation rate & outcomes
Completion, retention, and the equity gap between Pell and non-Pell students.
Overall completion
49%
Overall completion
49%
Full-time retention
59%
Full-time retention
59%
Pell equity
10.1pp gap
Pell recipients
44%82 of 186
Non-Pell (all)
54%111 of 205
No Federal Aid
54%111 of 205
Non-Pell students graduate at a 10.1-point higher rate than Pell recipients.
Source: IPEDS Graduation Rates (GR) — Pell/SSL cohort, 2024 cohort.
Program outcomes
Federal Program Performance Data: how each program's graduate earnings and debt measure up under Financial Value Transparency and Gainful Employment.
Of 44 Title IV programs, 5 pass the federal Gainful Employment test and 0 fail. 39 have graduate earnings too small to publish, so they carry no pass/fail verdict.
Total programs
44
Passing
5
11.4% of portfolio
Failing (GE)
0
0.0% of portfolio
Fail rate
0.0%
-0.6pp vs 0.6% national
Pass / fail distribution
44programs
- Passing5 · 11.4%
- No Data39 · 88.6%
- Failing0 · 0.0%
Severity spectrum
Critical
0
Severe
0
Recoverable
0
At Risk
1
Watch
1
Safe
3
No data
39
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.
Earnings premium gap
Graduate earnings versus the federal benchmark, worst gaps first.
Program
Typical
Benchmark
EP gap
Health and Medical Administrative Services
Associate Degree · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
$32,378
$32,203
Same-State HS Median
+0.5%
+$175
Health and Medical Administrative Services
Associate Degree · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
+0.5%
$32,378 vs $32,203
Computer and Information Sciences General
Associate Degree · Computer And Information Sciences And Support Services
$38,456
$32,203
Same-State HS Median
+19.4%
+$6,253
Computer and Information Sciences General
Associate Degree · Computer And Information Sciences And Support Services
+19.4%
$38,456 vs $32,203
Liberal Arts and Sciences General Studies and Humanities
Associate Degree · Liberal Arts And Sciences, General Studies And Humanities
$41,616
$32,203
Same-State HS Median
+29.2%
+$9,413
Liberal Arts and Sciences General Studies and Humanities
Associate Degree · Liberal Arts And Sciences, General Studies And Humanities
+29.2%
$41,616 vs $32,203
Dental Support Services and Allied Professions
Associate Degree · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
$64,514
$32,203
Same-State HS Median
+100.3%
+$32,311
Dental Support Services and Allied Professions
Associate Degree · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
+100.3%
$64,514 vs $32,203
Registered Nursing Nursing Administration Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing
Associate Degree · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
$74,612
$32,203
Same-State HS Median
+131.7%
+$42,409
Registered Nursing Nursing Administration Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing
Associate Degree · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
+131.7%
$74,612 vs $32,203
Near the line (±5%)
Programs within five points of the pass line, one cohort year from flipping.
Program
EP gap
Status
Health and Medical Administrative Services
Associate Degree · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
+0.5%
+$175
Just passing
Accreditation status & history
Who accredits the institution, current standing, and any past actions.
AccreditedInstitutional accreditor
Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges
Accredited since 1972Next review Jun 2028
Programmatic accreditations · 4
Action history · 10
- Dec 2023Heightened Monitoring or Focused ReviewSouthern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges
- May 2023Grant Substantive Change: OtherAccreditation Commission for Education in Nursing, Inc. — May 6, 2013 Formerly: National League for Nursing Accrediting Commission · Nursing (PNUR) - Practical nursing programs
- Apr 2021Grant Substantive Change: ProgramAmerican Dental Association, Commission on Dental Accreditation · Dental Hygiene (DH)
- Apr 2021Grant Substantive Change: ProgramAmerican Dental Association, Commission on Dental Accreditation · Dental Assisting (DA)
- Jul 2020Grant Substantive Change: ProgramAmerican Dental Association, Commission on Dental Accreditation · Dental Assisting (DA)
Tuition & cost
What families actually pay, broken down by family income.
Net price by family income
Aid exceeds costFamily pays
Negative values mean aid exceeds the published cost of attendance for that income band.
Avg net price
$9,461
+$2,591vs Community College median $6,870
Federal loans
0.0%
In-state tuition
$2,512
Out-of-state
$8,656
Federal aid volume & trends
Pell grants and federal Direct Loan volume disbursed to students, and how they've trended.
In AY 2024–25, 2,100 students received $10.8M in Pell grants.
Pell recipients
2,100
AY 2024–25
Pell disbursed
$10.8M
$10,838,122 total
Pell recipients · 5-year trend
2k’20
2k’21
1k’22
2k’23
2k’24
Loan volume by type · AY 2024–25
No Direct Loan volume reported.
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 21 borrowers who entered repayment, 2 (9.5%) defaulted within three years — above the 2.3% national rate.
Default rate
9.5%
+7.2pp vs 2.3% national
Borrowers in repayment
21
Defaulted
2
Measurement window
3 years
Federal CDR standard
Default rate vs national, by cohort
2015
17.5%+7.6
2016
11.2%+1.9
2017
14.0%+4.8
2018
10.8%+3.8
2019
9.5%+7.2
This institutionNational rate
Academic programs at CCCC
Top program areas ranked by completions.
Distinct CIP programs34
UndergraduateOffered
Top program families by completions
665 total completions
01Liberal Arts
43765.7%
01Liberal Arts
43765.7%
02Health Professions
10515.8%
02Health Professions
10515.8%
03Business
324.8%
03Business
324.8%
04Computer Sciences
324.8%
04Computer Sciences
324.8%
05Security/Protective
172.6%
05Security/Protective
172.6%
06Engineering Tech
132.0%
06Engineering Tech
132.0%
07Education
101.5%
07Education
101.5%
08Legal Professions
71.1%
08Legal Professions
71.1%
09Parks/Recreation
60.9%
09Parks/Recreation
60.9%
10Mechanic
60.9%
10Mechanic
60.9%
Enrollment trends & demographics
Fall headcount, 12-month unduplicated enrollment, and student body composition.
Fall total
3,659
12-mo unduplicated
5,195
Undergraduate
5,195
Graduate
0
Gender split
Men
36%1,867
Women
64%3,328
Race / ethnicity composition
White
55.2%
Black
18.9%
Hispanic
18.8%
Asian
3.7%
American Indian / Alaska Native
1.6%
Non-resident
1.3%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander
0.6%
Campus safety & crime statistics
Reported on-campus crimes over the last three years, including violence and hate crimes.
Criminal offenses · per 1,000 students
0.00
0 offenses · 3,457 students
3-year trend
0.002 yrs ago0.281 yr ago0.00Latest
Offenses · 3-yr
1
Last three years
VAWA · 3-yr
2
DV, dating, stalking
Hate crimes · 3-yr
0
Res-hall fires · 3-yr
0
Criminal offenses by type
No criminal offenses reported.
By location
0total
VAWA offenses
0
Domestic violence
0
Dating violence
0
Stalking
0 total under the Violence Against Women Act.
Hate crimes by bias
No hate crimes reported.
Arrests vs disciplinary referrals
CategoryArrestsReferrals
Weapons10
Drugs20
Liquor00
Residence-hall fires
No residence-hall fires reported.
Student-faculty ratio
Student-to-faculty ratio and instructional staff counts.
Student-to-faculty
14.0:1
Instructional staff (full-time equivalent)
115
CCCC vs Peer comparison
The peer institutions CCCC selected for federal comparison reporting.
This institutionPeer median
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 Carolina Community College | 49% | Open admission | 3,659 | $9,461 | Community College |
| — | Open admission | 3,277 | $11,698 | Community College | |
| — | Open admission | 5,561 | $10,706 | Community College | |
| — | Open admission | 7,623 | $5,283 | Community College | |
| — | Open admission | 3,160 | $9,624 | Community College | |
| — | Open admission | 3,959 | $9,023 | Community College | |
| — | Open admission | 2,785 | $5,240 | Community College | |
| — | Open admission | 7,026 | $4,436 | Community College | |
| — | Open admission | 6,443 | $6,592 | Community College | |
| — | Open admission | 5,067 | $9,234 | Community College | |
| — | Open admission | 5,139 | $4,616 | Community College | |
| — | Open admission | 3,775 | $7,378 | Community College | |
| — | Open admission | 4,753 | $6,048 | Community College | |
| — | Open admission | 3,453 | $6,275 | Community College | |
| — | Open admission | 6,394 | $5,279 | Community College | |
| — | Open admission | 4,547 | $6,876 | Community College | |
| — | Open admission | 5,743 | $9,000 | Community College | |
| — | Open admission | 3,442 | $8,343 | Community College | |
| — | Open admission | 5,757 | $6,864 | Community College | |
| — | Open admission | 4,721 | $6,046 | Community College | |
| — | Open admission | 4,782 | $7,761 | Community College | |
| — | Open admission | 7,811 | $9,090 | Community College | |
| — | Open admission | 7,758 | $12,148 | Community College | |
| — | Open admission | 4,115 | $4,157 | Community College | |
| — | Open admission | 5,063 | $6,142 | Community College | |
| — | Open admission | 6,653 | $2,405 | Community College | |
| — | Open admission | 4,242 | $7,985 | Community College | |
| — | Open admission | 5,274 | $10,682 | Community College | |
| — | Open admission | 3,626 | $2,245 | Community College | |
| — | Open admission | 4,771 | $5,931 | Community College | |
| Peer group median | 49% | — | 4,777 | $6,870 |
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CCCC Institutional Research office
The IR team responsible for the institution's federal reporting.
Office
Office of Institutional Effectiveness
Phone
(910) 455-1221
Address
444 Western Blvd, Jacksonville, NC 28546
Coastal Carolina Community College’s institutional effectiveness process is an ongoing, College-wide process of planning and outcomes assessment for the purpose of documenting that the College is achieving its mission and goals.
Visit IR office pageReports & documents (1)
Dashboards, factbooks, data dictionaries, and other reference material published by the IR office.
Frequently asked questions about Coastal Carolina Community College
Quick answers to the questions most often asked about CCCC.
What is the acceptance rate at Coastal Carolina Community College?
Coastal Carolina Community College does not have a reported acceptance rate. This institution has an open admission policy: it admits all applicants who meet basic requirements, so it does not report a selective admit rate.
What is the graduation rate at Coastal Carolina Community College?
Coastal Carolina Community College reports a 6-year graduation rate of 49% per the latest IPEDS.
How many students attend Coastal Carolina Community College?
Coastal Carolina Community College reports a total enrollment of 3,659 students per the latest IPEDS.
What is the average net price at Coastal Carolina Community College?
The average net price at Coastal Carolina Community College is $9,461 per the latest College Scorecard. Net price is the published cost of attendance minus grant aid.
Where is Coastal Carolina Community College located?
Coastal Carolina Community College is located in Jacksonville, North Carolina 28546-6816.
Who runs Institutional Research at Coastal Carolina Community College?
Coastal Carolina Community College's IR work is done by the Office of Institutional Effectiveness.
About the data on this page
Every figure comes from an official federal or public source. Here is each one and the release it is currently on.
IPEDSFall 2025–26 release, published July 28, 2026
Enrollment, completions, graduation rates, tuition, financial aid, staffing, and finance for every U.S. institution in federal student aid programs.
College ScorecardJune 10, 2026 release (merged 2025–26 files)
Institution and field-of-study costs, graduate earnings, debt, completion, and admissions outcomes compiled from federal aid records, tax data, and IPEDS.
FVT/GE program performanceProvisional preview, May 18, 2026 release
Program-level debt-to-earnings and earnings-premium measures behind the FVT/GE and STATS accountability frameworks.
DAPIP accreditationContinuously refreshed
Accreditation status for institutions and programs, reported by recognized accrediting agencies.
Federal Pell Grant & loan volumeAY 2025–26 (through Q3), through March 31, 2026
Pell Grant and Direct Loan recipient counts, award amounts, and disbursement volume by institution and award year.
Cohort Default RatesFY 2022 official rates
Institution-level federal student loan default rates, measuring borrowers who default within three years of entering repayment.
Equity in Athletics (EADA)Academic year 2024–25
Athletics participation, coaching, revenues, and expenses by sport and gender for Title IV institutions.
Campus Safety & SecurityData through reporting year 2024
Criminal offenses, arrests, disciplinary actions, VAWA offenses, and fire statistics reported by campus under the Clery Act.
Last reviewed July 2026All data sources & release dates →
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