College of Coastal Georgia

What the IPEDS & College Scorecard Data Shows for College of Coastal Georgia

College of Coastal Georgia operates as a public institution located in Brunswick, Georgia (city: small), with a total reported enrollment of 2,979 students of which 4,001 are undergraduates. Institution-level records in the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) classify each school by Carnegie category, ownership sector, and urban/rural locale, which is how this profile’s peer group and cost cohort are determined. College of Coastal Georgia is categorized as “22” under the Carnegie classification system, a meaningful signal when comparing like-to-like institutions.

Selectivity and financial signals give context to what applicants can expect. The reported admission rate is 98.1%, drawn from the most recent IPEDS Fall enrollment survey, with an average SAT of 1,000 and an ACT midpoint of 19. The average net price after grants and scholarships is $15,261, with published in-state tuition of $3,616 and a Pell grant recipient share of 40.5%. Median federal student debt at graduation is $15,039, drawn from the U.S. Treasury-matched College Scorecard file.

Outcomes reveal whether the investment pays back. The 4-year completion rate is 25.6%, and the first-year retention rate is 58.7%. Graduates earn a median of $39,318 ten years after enrolling, compared with $35,382 six years post-enrollment. Within three years of entering repayment, 168500.0% of borrowers are making progress on their federal loans, and 46.2% of graduates earn above the high-school threshold. Treating these numbers as a single snapshot alongside the cost cohort is the standard approach for evaluating ROI under the College Scorecard methodology.