Public · Community college

Coastal Pines Technical College

Waycross, Georgia · Remote town

#2 best value in Georgia

5%
Transfer rate: -$126
Avg net price: 48%
Grad / completion: $30,214
Median earnings

Coastal Pines Technical College is a public certificate-granting institution in Waycross, Georgia (remote town setting), enrolling 1,648 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.

PublicSmall · 1,648 undergradsRemote town

About Waycross, Georgia

Waycross is the county seat of and the only incorporated city in Ware County in the U.S. state of Georgia. Waycross includes two historic districts (Downtown Waycross Historic District and Waycross Historic District) and several other properties that are on the National Register of Historic Places, including the U.S. Post Office and Courthouse, Lott Cemetery, the First African Baptist Church and Parsonage, and the Obediah Barber Homestead (which is seven miles south of the city). (Wikipedia)

Setting: Remote town
Highest degree offered: Associate
Nearest big city: 75 miles to Jacksonville, FL
To the ocean: 52 miles
Nearest airport: 54 miles to Brunswick Golden Isles (BQK)

How Coastal Pines Technical College compares

Graduation rate48%

Higher than 35% · #32 of 72 in Georgia

First-year retention66%

Higher than 36%

Earnings, 10 years after entry$30,214

Higher than 32% · #47 of 66 in Georgia

Average net price-$126

Cheaper than 99% · #2 cheapest of 73 in Georgia

Student–faculty ratio15 : 1

Lower than 56%

Undergraduate enrollment1,648

Larger than 79%

Percentiles compare Coastal Pines Technical 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 Georgia.

Student body

Undergraduates by gender

Women1,17071%
Men47829%

Undergraduates by race / ethnicity

White59%
Black27%
Hispanic9.0%
Other or multiracial4.5%

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

By the numbers

Undergraduate enrollment: 1,648
Student–faculty ratio: 15 : 1
Pell Grant recipients: 28%
First-generation students: 52%
Students over 25: 21%
Median family income: $16,769
Avg faculty salary (academic year): $43,497

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

Where students come from

Home state of the 460 first-year students who entered in fall 2023.

From Georgia100%

Most first-years stay in state — Coastal Pines Technical College draws overwhelmingly from Georgia.

Out-of-state students usually pay a higher tuition rate at public schools — check the cost card above for your bracket. Source: IPEDS residence & migration, fall 2023 entering class.

Cost

In-state tuition: $3,268
Out-of-state tuition: $5,836
Room & board: —
Books & supplies: $698
Total cost of attendance: $10,649
Average net price: -$126

Outcomes

Graduated: 48%
First-year retention: 66%
Transferred to another college: 5%
Median earnings, 6 years after entry: $29,888
Median earnings, 10 years after entry: $30,214
Median debt at graduation: —
Students with federal loans: 0%

Graduating on time

By student background (4 years)

All students

48%

First-generation

35%

When these bars run close together, students from every background tend to finish at similar rates — a sign the school supports the ~30% who are first-gen or low-income.

Campus life & athletics

On-campus housing: No
Application fee: $25

Campus safety

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

Reported offenses in an average year

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

1.0reported offenses a year

0.3 violent a year0.7 property a year

By offense type, per year

Burglary

0.7

Aggravated assault

0.3

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

-$767

$30–48k

-$266

$48–75k

$1,264

$75–110k

$4,888

$110k+

-$1,618

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.

of first-years get a grant from the school

$5,600

average award, among those who get one

Modest institutional aid: 4% of freshmen get a grant from the school, averaging $5,600. 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 55 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): $30,214
Typical debt at graduation: —
Debt vs. one year's pay: —
Out-earn a HS grad: 31%

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

$26,596

Men

$37,558

Men out-earn women by $10,962 (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: 94°F
Winter low: 37°F
Annual rain: 50.4″

Average temperature

HighLow

Average precipitation (inches)

NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Waycross 4 NE, GA US station (4.9 mi from campus).

What Coastal Pines Technical College graduates study — and earn

Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing AssistantsCert.

273 grads$41k 1 yr$38k 5 yr$8k debt

273$40,728$37,849$7,500 Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and HumanitiesCert.

257 grads— 1 yr— 5 yr— debt

257———Precision Metal WorkingCert.

257 grads$43k 1 yr$49k 5 yr— debt

257$43,040$48,942—Allied Health and Medical Assisting ServicesCert.

161 grads$27k 1 yr$34k 5 yr$4k debt

161$26,936$34,034$4,125 Cosmetology and Related Personal Grooming ServicesCert.

154 grads— 1 yr$18k 5 yr— debt

154—$17,704—Health and Medical Administrative ServicesCert.

87 grads— 1 yr— 5 yr— debt

87———Ground TransportationCert.

62 grads— 1 yr— 5 yr— debt

62———Heating, Air Conditioning, Ventilation and Refrigeration Maintenance Technology/Technician (HAC, HACR, HVAC, HVACR)Cert.

58 grads— 1 yr$48k 5 yr— debt

58—$47,651—Human Development, Family Studies, and Related ServicesCert.

49 grads— 1 yr— 5 yr— debt

49———Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical NursingAssoc.

37 grads— 1 yr— 5 yr— debt

37———Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science/Research and Allied ProfessionsCert.

34 grads— 1 yr— 5 yr— debt

34———Electrical and Power Transmission InstallersCert.

33 grads— 1 yr— 5 yr— debt

33———

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.