Public · Community college

Coastal Bend College

Beeville, Texas · Remote town

10%
Transfer rate
$4,237
Avg net price
25%
Grad / completion
$35,086
Median earnings

Coastal Bend College is a public associate-granting institution in Beeville, Texas (remote town setting), enrolling 1,958 undergraduates. It is a Hispanic-Serving Institution (HSI). Admission is open to all applicants.

PublicSmall · 1,958 undergradsRemote townNJCAA Division I

About Beeville, Texas

Beeville is a city in Bee County, Texas, United States. It is the county seat of Bee County and home to the main campus of Coastal Bend College. The area around the city contains three prisons operated by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. (Wikipedia)

Setting
Remote town
Highest degree offered
Associate
To the ocean
40 miles
Nearest airport
48 miles to Corpus Christi (CRP)

How Coastal Bend College compares

Graduation rate25%

Higher than 8% · #230 of 253 in Texas

First-year retention40%

Higher than 5%

Earnings, 10 years after entry$35,086

Higher than 50% · #93 of 206 in Texas

Average net price$4,237

Cheaper than 93% · #16 cheapest of 252 in Texas

Student–faculty ratio12 : 1

Lower than 73%

Undergraduate enrollment1,958

Larger than 81%

Percentiles compare Coastal Bend College with the nation's 3,519 two-year and certificate schools, among schools reporting each statistic. State ranks count two-year and certificate schools in Texas.

Student body

Undergraduates by gender

1,958undergrads
  • Women1,19061%
  • Men76839%

Undergraduates by race / ethnicity

  • White18%
  • Black3.1%
  • Hispanic74%
  • Asian1.5%
  • Other or multiracial4.0%

Graduate gender splits aren't published in this data, so the gender chart covers undergraduates only.

By the numbers

Undergraduate enrollment
1,958
Student–faculty ratio
12 : 1
Pell Grant recipients
26%
First-generation students
50%
Students over 25
14%
Median family income
$21,471
Avg faculty salary (academic year)
$52,272
Endowment
$6,509,293

Colleges don't publish true class-size data; student–faculty ratio (IPEDS) is the closest public measure of it.

Cost

In-state tuition
$2,916
Out-of-state tuition
$5,226
Room & board
$6,951
Books & supplies
$2,600
Total cost of attendance
$12,875
Average net price
$4,237

Net price is the total cost minus grants and scholarships — what students actually pay. It varies sharply by family income; see the breakdown below.

Outcomes

Graduated
25%
First-year retention
40%
Transferred to another college
10%
Median earnings, 6 years after entry
$29,547
Median earnings, 10 years after entry
$35,086
Median debt at graduation
Students with federal loans
6%
Paying down their loans (1 year in)
35%

Campus life & athletics

On-campus housing
Yes
Dorm capacity
178
Dorm capacity vs undergrads
9%
Housing charge (year)
$2,400
Meal plan (year)
$4,300
Application fee
Free
Athletics
NJCAA Division I
Varsity athletes
158 (101 men · 57 women)

Housing and fees: IPEDS 2023–24. Athletics rosters: Equity in Athletics data, 2024–25. Dorm capacity can include graduate and family housing, so the share of undergrads can top 100%.

Varsity sports (6)

Baseball36
Soccer35
Basketball28
Softball23
Other Sports21
Volleyball15

Athlete counts per sport, Equity in Athletics data, 2024–25.

Campus safety

Safety grade
A
Reported offenses per 1,000 students
0.2 / year
Violent offenses (2022–2024)
0
Property offenses (2022–2024)
2

On-campus criminal offenses reported under the Clery Act, 2022–2024, across 4 campuses (4,259 students). Counts reflect reports, not convictions — schools with strong reporting cultures often show more, so a higher count doesn't simply mean a more dangerous campus.

Reported offenses in an average year

The same 2022–2024 Clery Act reports, divided down to one year.

0.7reported offenses a year
0 violent a year0.7 property a year

By offense type, per year

Burglary
0.7

Averages, not a forecast — a single year can run well above or below this. Bars are scaled against this campus's most-reported offense, so they compare types here rather than against other schools.

What you'll actually pay, by family income

Average net price (total cost minus grants and scholarships) paid by aided students in each family-income band.

< $30k
$3,175
$30–48k
$3,536
$48–75k
$5,120
$75–110k
$9,021
$110k+
$10,015

College Scorecard / IPEDS, most recent year. Family income is total household income; net price covers tuition, fees, room, board and supplies after grant aid, for students receiving federal aid.

Does the school pay you to attend?

Grant aid from the school's own funds — the discount off sticker, on top of any federal or state help.

41%
of first-years get a grant from the school
$1,301
average award, among those who get one

Modest institutional aid: 41% of freshmen get a grant from the school, averaging $1,301. Most of what lowers the price here is federal or state money, not the school's own funds.

Blends need-based and merit aid — IPEDS doesn't split the two, so a high number can mean generous merit scholarships, deep need-based aid, or both. Figures cover 293 full-time first-year undergraduates, 2022–23. Source: IPEDS Student Financial Aid.

Is it worth it?

A rough return-on-investment read from what graduates earn versus what they borrow.

Median earnings (10 years)
$35,086
Typical debt at graduation
Debt vs. one year's pay
Out-earn a HS grad
43%
Weigh it value

The payoff is less clear-cut here — weigh the debt against the earnings and your intended field before borrowing heavily.

Earnings are the College Scorecard median for former students (working, not enrolled) 10 years after entry — not a guarantee, and they vary a lot by major. Debt is the median federal loan balance at graduation.

The pay gap here

Median earnings 10 years after entry, split by gender.

Women
$30,398
Men
$42,996

Men out-earn women by $12,598 (41%) a decade out.

Federal figures for former students working and not enrolled, 10 years after they first entered. A gap this wide usually reflects which majors men and women here tend to choose — not different pay for the same job.

Campus climate

Summer high
96°F
Winter low
44°F
Annual rain
31.9″

Average temperature

HighLow
30°70°100°JFMAMJJASOND

Average precipitation (inches)

0.02.04.1JFMAMJJASOND

NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Beeville 5 NE, TX US station (3.4 mi from campus).

Median earnings of this school's own graduates 1 and 5 years after finishing each program, and median federal-loan debt at completion (College Scorecard). Small programs are privacy-suppressed (—). Click a major to compare colleges nationally.

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Source: US Department of Education College Scorecard (most recent cohorts), IPEDS institutional characteristics, Equity in Athletics (EADA) data, Clery Act Campus Safety and Security data, and NOAA US Climate Normals. Distances are straight-line from campus coordinates. Percentiles compare schools of the same level (four-year vs. two-year) that report each statistic.