Public · Community college
College of Coastal Georgia
Brunswick, Georgia · Small city
- 40%
- Transfer rate
- $15,261
- Avg net price
- 26%
- Grad / completion
- $39,318
- Median earnings
College of Coastal Georgia is a public associate-granting institution in Brunswick, Georgia (small city setting), enrolling 2,979 undergraduates.
About Brunswick, Georgia
Brunswick is a city in and the county seat of Glynn County in the U.S. state of Georgia. The Mocama, a Timucua-speaking people, lived in and cultivated the lands in what is now Brunswick. The Spanish established missions in Timucuan villages beginning in 1568. Brunswick is home to a variety of arts and cultural events. The most significant professional performing-arts group is the Coastal Symphony of Georgia, in existence since 1982, which stages productions each year at Glynn Academy's Memorial Auditorium. (Wikipedia)
- Setting
- Small city
- Highest degree offered
- Bachelor's
- Nearest big city
- 60 miles to Jacksonville, FL
- To the ocean
- 2 miles
- Nearest airport
- 5 miles to Brunswick Golden Isles (BQK)
How College of Coastal Georgia compares
More selective than 21% · #5 most selective of 5 in Georgia
Higher than 19%
Higher than 8% · #62 of 72 in Georgia
Higher than 21%
Higher than 67% · #10 of 66 in Georgia
Cheaper than 49% · #38 cheapest of 73 in Georgia
Lower than 14%
Lower than 21%
Larger than 86%
Percentiles compare College of Coastal Georgia 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
- Women2,03468%
- Men94532%
Undergraduates by race / ethnicity
- White59%
- Black21%
- Hispanic9.4%
- Asian1.8%
- Other or multiracial9.7%
Graduate gender splits aren't published in this data, so the gender chart covers undergraduates only.
By the numbers
- Undergraduate enrollment
- 2,979
- Student–faculty ratio
- 22 : 1
- Pell Grant recipients
- 40%
- First-generation students
- 38%
- Students over 25
- 23%
- Median family income
- $29,123
- Avg faculty salary (academic year)
- $72,261
- Endowment
- $10,650,721
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 710 first-year students who entered in fall 2023.
- From Georgia92%
- Other U.S. states7.5%
- International0.8%
Most first-years stay in state — College of Coastal Georgia draws overwhelmingly from Georgia.
1% came from outside the U.S. 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
- $3,616
- Out-of-state tuition
- $10,936
- Room & board
- $14,012
- Books & supplies
- $1,850
- Total cost of attendance
- $21,924
- Average net price
- $15,261
Net price is the total cost minus grants and scholarships — what students actually pay. It varies sharply by family income; see the breakdown below.
Admissions
- Admission rate
- 98.1%
- Test scores
- Considered but not required
- SAT range (25th–75th %)
- 875–1100
- SAT average
- 1000
- SAT reading
- 465–570
- SAT math
- 410–530
- ACT composite
- 17–22
- Average GPA (estimated)
- 2.87
Outcomes
- Graduated (within 6 years)
- 26%
- Graduated on time (4 years)
- 14%
- First-year retention
- 59%
- Transferred to another college
- 40%
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $35,382
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $39,318
- Median debt at graduation
- $15,039
- Students with federal loans
- 28%
- Paying down their loans (1 year in)
- 34%
About 12% of students who finish here need more than four years — each extra year adds roughly another year of tuition and living costs.
Graduating on time
By student background (4 years)
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
- Yes
- Dorm capacity
- 654
- Dorm capacity vs undergrads
- 22%
- Housing charge (year)
- $7,150
- Meal plan (year)
- $5,936
- Application fee
- $25
- Athletics
- NAIA Division I
- Varsity athletes
- 71 (26 men · 45 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 (4)
Athlete counts per sport, Equity in Athletics data, 2024–25.
Campus safety
- Safety grade
- B
- Reported offenses per 1,000 students
- 1.0 / year
- Violent offenses (2022–2024)
- 3
- Property offenses (2022–2024)
- 7
On-campus criminal offenses reported under the Clery Act, 2022–2024, across 2 campuses (3,468 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.
By offense type, per year
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.
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.
Four-year (or more) true cost
Net price for your family's income, projected across the time it actually takes students here to graduate.
$16,022/year × about 4.7 years — most students here don't finish in exactly four, and each extra term adds cost. A planning estimate from net-price and graduation-timing data, not a bill.
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.
Modest institutional aid: 24% of freshmen get a grant from the school, averaging $2,880. 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 623 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)
- $39,318
- Typical debt at graduation
- $15,039
- Debt vs. one year's pay
- 38%
- Out-earn a HS grad
- 43%
Typical debt would take roughly 3.8 years to repay at about a tenth of median earnings.
A reasonable return: earnings comfortably clear the debt over a few years for most students who finish.
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.
Men out-earn women by $10,751 (30%) 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
- 90°F
- Winter low
- 44°F
- Annual rain
- 50.3″
Average temperature
HighLowAverage precipitation (inches)
NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Brunswick, GA US station (1.3 mi from campus).
What College of Coastal Georgia graduates study — and earn
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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Schools with a comparable profile — size, selectivity, cost, and graduate outcomes. Compare College of Coastal Georgia side by side →
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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.











