Coastal Pines
Technical College
Public Community College in Waycross, GA. Six-year graduation rate 48%. Median 10-year earnings $30,214.
Students who entered Coastal Pines Technical College reach a median of $30,214 a decade later, a figure that trails the typical four-year outcome. 48% finish within six years — respectable, though a meaningful share still leave without a credential.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
Academics
Six-year completion sits at 48%, meaning about one in two students who enroll leave without finishing. 66% of full-time first-years come back for year two, so about one in three are gone before sophomore year. Retention and graduation track closely, so most of the attrition shows up in the first year rather than after it. Part-time students fare worse, returning at 36% — relevant if you plan to work while enrolled. The 15:1 student-faculty ratio is small enough that seminar-sized classes are the norm.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 1,688 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Students pay an average of $1,834 annually, well below typical undergraduate net price. Income makes less difference than usual: $-767 at $0–30k, $-1,618 at $110k+. 86% of students get grant aid averaging $6,647, so the published price is a poor guide to what most pay.
Entering first-year students
A different, smaller group than the rates above: full-time students in their first year of college anywhere. The grant series here also excludes the "other sources" counted in the all-undergraduate figure, so the two are not comparable.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · 92 students
Net price by family income
The same students as the headline above, limited to those who received Title IV federal aid — a narrower group, with a lower overall average. IPEDS publishes no combined figure across these bands, so they should not be averaged into one.
| Family income band | Average net price |
|---|---|
| $0–30k | $-767 |
| $30–48k | $-266 |
| $48–75k | $1,264 |
| $75–110k | $4,888 |
| $110k+ | $-1,618 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Ware County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026
Veterans & GI Bill
VA GI Bill Comparison Tool (Veterans Affairs GIDS)