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Coastal Carolina Community College

Jacksonville, North Carolina·Public, 2-year·Southeast·coastalcarolina.edu
6-yr Graduation
49%
—
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.

IPEDS
Overall completion
49%
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.

FVT/GE

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.

5
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
+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
+29.2%
$41,616 vs $32,203
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
+131.7%
$74,612 vs $32,203

Near the line (±5%)

Programs within five points of the pass line, one cohort year from flipping.

1
Health and Medical Administrative Services
Associate Degree · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
+0.5%
+$175

Accreditation status & history

Who accredits the institution, current standing, and any past actions.

DAPIP
AccreditedInstitutional accreditor

Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges

Accredited since 1972Next review Jun 2028

Programmatic accreditations · 4

Action history · 10

  1. Dec 2023Heightened Monitoring or Focused Review
    Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges
  2. May 2023Grant Substantive Change: Other
    Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing, Inc. — May 6, 2013 Formerly: National League for Nursing Accrediting Commission · Nursing (PNUR) - Practical nursing programs
  3. Apr 2021Grant Substantive Change: Program
    American Dental Association, Commission on Dental Accreditation · Dental Hygiene (DH)
  4. Apr 2021Grant Substantive Change: Program
    American Dental Association, Commission on Dental Accreditation · Dental Assisting (DA)
  5. Jul 2020Grant Substantive Change: Program
    American Dental Association, Commission on Dental Accreditation · Dental Assisting (DA)

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Tuition & cost

What families actually pay, broken down by family income.

College Scorecard

Net price by family income

Aid exceeds costFamily pays
$0–30k$9,187
$30–48k$9,049
$48–75k$9,152
$75–110k$11,581
$110k+$15,174

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.

Federal Student Aid

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.

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Student loan default rate

The share of student borrowers who default on federal loans within three years, against the national benchmark.

Cohort Default Rate

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%
2016
11.2%
2017
14.0%
2018
10.8%
2019
9.5%
This institutionNational rate

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Academic programs at CCCC

Top program areas ranked by completions.

IPEDS
Distinct CIP programs34
UndergraduateOffered
GraduateOffered

Top program families by completions

665 total completions
01Liberal Arts
43765.7%
02Health Professions
10515.8%
03Business
324.8%
04Computer Sciences
324.8%
05Security/Protective
172.6%
06Engineering Tech
132.0%
07Education
101.5%
08Legal Professions
71.1%
09Parks/Recreation
60.9%
10Mechanic
60.9%

Enrollment trends & demographics

Fall headcount, 12-month unduplicated enrollment, and student body composition.

IPEDS
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.

Clery Act
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.

    Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

    Student-faculty ratio

    Student-to-faculty ratio and instructional staff counts.

    IPEDS
    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.

    IPEDS
    GraduationRetentionSelectivityEnrollmentAffordabilityYield
    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%—3,659$9,461Community College
    Arkansas State University-Beebe
    		——3,277$11,698Community College
    Bossier Parish Community College
    		——5,561$10,706Community College
    Chattanooga State Community College
    		——7,623$5,283Community College
    Cisco College
    		——3,160$9,624Community College
    Crowder College
    		——3,959$9,023Community College
    East Central Community College
    		——2,785$5,240Community College
    Essex County College
    		——7,026$4,436Community College
    Gaston College
    		——6,443$6,592Community College
    Harford Community College
    		——5,067$9,234Community College
    Itawamba Community College
    		——5,139$4,616Community College
    Jefferson College
    		——3,775$7,378Community College
    Jones County Junior College
    		——4,753$6,048Community College
    Lawson State Community College
    		——3,453$6,275Community College
    Mercer County Community College
    		——6,394$5,279Community College
    Niagara County Community College
    		——4,547$6,876Community College
    North Shore Community College
    		——5,743$9,000Community College
    Northeast Mississippi Community College
    		——3,442$8,343Community College
    Northeast State Community College
    		——5,757$6,864Community College
    Northern Essex Community College
    		——4,721$6,046Community College
    Passaic County Community College
    		——4,782$7,761Community College
    Quinsigamond Community College
    		——7,811$9,090Community College
    Rose State College
    		——7,758$12,148Community College
    Sandhills Community College
    		——4,115$4,157Community College
    Southern Union State Community College
    		——5,063$6,142Community College
    Spartanburg Community College
    		——6,653$2,405Community College
    State Fair Community College
    		——4,242$7,985Community College
    Temple College
    		——5,274$10,682Community College
    Wayne Community College
    		——3,626$2,245Community College
    York Technical College
    		——4,771$5,931Community College
    Peer group median49%—4,777$6,870

    Institutions like CCCC

    Explore the federal data for institutions in CCCC's comparison group.

    IPEDS

    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 page

    Reports & 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 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.

    IPEDS2025 provisional data (Fall 2025–26 release, July 28, 2026)
    Enrollment, completions, graduation rates, tuition, financial aid, staffing, and finance for every U.S. institution in federal student aid programs.
    National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education
    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.
    U.S. Department of Education
    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.
    U.S. Department of Education
    DAPIP accreditationContinuously refreshed
    Accreditation status for institutions and programs, reported by recognized accrediting agencies.
    U.S. Department of Education, Office of Postsecondary Education
    Federal Pell Grant volumeAY 2025–26 (through Q3), through March 31, 2026
    Pell Grant recipient counts, award amounts, and disbursements by institution and award year.
    U.S. Department of Education, Federal Student Aid
    Federal student loan volumeAY 2025–26 (through Q3), through March 31, 2026
    Federal Direct Loan recipient counts and disbursement volume by institution and award year.
    U.S. Department of Education, Federal Student Aid
    Cohort Default RatesFY 2022 official rates
    Institution-level federal student loan default rates, measuring borrowers who default within three years of entering repayment.
    U.S. Department of Education, Federal Student Aid
    Equity in Athletics (EADA)Academic year 2024–25
    Athletics participation, coaching, revenues, and expenses by sport and gender for Title IV institutions.
    U.S. Department of Education, Office of Postsecondary Education
    Campus Safety & SecurityData through reporting year 2024
    Criminal offenses, arrests, disciplinary actions, VAWA offenses, and fire statistics reported by campus under the Clery Act.
    U.S. Department of Education, Office of Postsecondary Education
    Last reviewed July 2026All data sources & release dates →

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