Coastal Carolina University Overview

Located in Conway, South Carolina, Coastal Carolina University is a public institution. The location of the school is great for students who enjoy the amenities of city life.

What Is Coastal Carolina University Known For?

• The doctor's degree is the highest award offered at Coastal Carolina University.
• In 2019-2020, 100% of the faculty were full-time.
• After graduation, Coastal Carolina University bachelor's degree recipients go on to jobs where they make $44,305 a year. That's about 9% more than their peers at other schools.

Coastal Carolina University Rankings

Our rankings are based on an outcomes-based approach rather than subjective ones used by other media outlets. As such, we utilize data from the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) and the College Scorecard, among other sources. Visit our rankings and methodology section to learn more.

Program Level Awards

These are highlights of some of the most noteworthy awards granted to specific programs at Coastal Carolina University.

Rank	Ranking Name	Share
#5	Most Popular Ecology & Systematics Biology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#6	Most Popular Military Technologies & Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#37	Most Popular Health & Physical Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#50	Most Popular Parks, Recreation, Leisure & Fitness Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#100	Most Popular Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#101	Most Popular Teacher Education Grade Specific Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#177	Most Popular Communication & Journalism Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#179	Most Popular Biological & Biomedical Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#185	Most Popular Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#230	Most Popular Business, Management & Marketing Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It

Awards From Around the Web

The following table lists some notable awards Coastal Carolina University has earned from around the web.

Rank	Ranking Name	Source
#57	Best Liberal Arts Colleges for Veterans	College Factual
#79	Best Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Colleges for Veterans	College Factual
#84	Best Liberal Arts General Studies Colleges for Veterans	College Factual
#119	Best Liberal Arts Schools	College Factual
#151	Best Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools	College Factual
#161	Best Liberal Arts General Studies Schools	College Factual

Where Is Coastal Carolina University?

Contact details for Coastal Carolina University are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	103 Tom Trout Drive, Conway, SC 29526
Phone:	843-347-3161
Website:	www.coastal.edu
Facebook:	http://www.facebook.com/CoastalCarolinaUniversity
Twitter:	http://www.twitter.com/CCUChanticleers

How Do I Get Into Coastal Carolina University?

You can apply to Coastal Carolina University online at: www.coastal.edu/admissions/apply.html

Admission Requirements for Coastal Carolina University

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	required
High School Rank	considered but not required
High School Transcript	required
College Prep Program	recommended
Recommendations	recommended
SAT or ACT Scores	considered but not required
TOEFL	neither required nor recommended

How Hard Is It To Get Into Coastal Carolina University?

With an acceptance rate of 70%, Coastal Carolina University may not be as selective as some schools, but you should not take admittance for granted. Be sure to submit the best application you can.

Approximately 38% of accepted students are men and 62% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 68%, and the acceptance rate for women is 72%.

Average Test Scores

About 51% of students accepted to Coastal Carolina University submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 510 and 600. Math scores were between 510 and 580.

Coastal Carolina University received ACT scores from 38% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 18 and 24. Math scores were between 17 and 24. Composite scores were between 19 and 25.

Can I Afford Coastal Carolina University?

The overall average net price of Coastal Carolina University is $32,589. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group.

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.

Student Loan Debt

Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. At Coastal Carolina University, approximately 67% of students took out student loans averaging $10,468 a year. That adds up to $41,872 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at Coastal Carolina University is 8.1%. Although this is lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, you'll still want to keep this in mind when taking out student loans.

Coastal Carolina University Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 9,500 undergraduate students at Coastal Carolina University, with 8,529 being full-time and 971 being part-time.

There are also 618 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 8,529 full-time undergraduates at Coastal Carolina University, 44% are male and 56% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Coastal Carolina University students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	72
Black or African American	1,527
Hispanic or Latino	482
White	5,683
International Students	108
Other Races/Ethnicities	657

Geographic Diversity

South Carolina students aren't the only ones who study at Coastal Carolina University. At this time, 42 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 54 countries are represented at Coastal Carolina University. The most popular countries sending students to the school are South Africa, Netherlands, and France.

Online Learning at Coastal Carolina University

In 2019-2020, 5,260 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at Coastal Carolina University has changed over the last few years.

This school is the 8th most popular in South Carolina for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2019-2020.

Online Affordability Rankings of Coastal Carolina University

During the most recent year for which we have data, the full-time undergraduate tuition at Coastal Carolina University was $11,640 for in-state students. Out-of-state students paid $27,394. The following table shows how Coastal Carolina University is ranked for affordability for both in-state and out-of-state students among colleges and universities that are not mostly online.

Major	Tuition for In-State Students	Tuition for Out-of-State Students
Information Technology	#25	#51
Hospitality Management	#28	#48

Online Growth Rankings of Coastal Carolina University

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Coastal Carolina University was 5.1%. This is the #1,546 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at Coastal Carolina University regardless of major.

The following table shows the 1-year growth rate of Coastal Carolina University majors that offer at least one online course. This table only includes majors with positive growth.

Major	1-Year Growth Rate
Business Administration & Management	8%
Special Education	26%
Teacher Education Grade Specific	3%

The table below shows how the average growth rate over 4 years at Coastal Carolina University ranks compared to all other partially online schools that offer a specific major. Note that the majors may or may not be offered online at Coastal Carolina University.

Major	Growth Rate Rank
Interdisciplinary Studies	#65
Instructional Media Design	#241
Information Technology	#273
General Business/Commerce	#320
Special Education	#331
Social Sciences	#392
Multi / Interdisciplinary Studies	#436

When we speak of partially online, we are referring to schools whose online population is less than 50% of its total student body. Mostly online refers to those with online populations greater than or equal to 50%.

Coastal Carolina University Undergraduate Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major	Basic Certificate	Bachelor’s	Graduate Certificate	Master’s	Doctor’s	TOTAL
Business Administration & Management	0	194	0	60	0	254
Health & Physical Education	0	242	0	12	0	254
Communication & Media Studies	0	153	0	0	0	153
Marketing	0	149	0	0	0	149
Teacher Education Grade Specific	0	119	0	27	0	146
Ecology, Evolution & Systematics Biology	0	114	0	15	0	129
General Psychology	0	106	0	0	0	106
Liberal Arts General Studies	0	65	0	10	0	75
Intelligence & Command Control Operations	0	75	0	0	0	75
Public Health	0	74	0	0	0	74
Accounting	0	50	0	21	0	71
General Biology	0	69	0	0	0	69
Finance & Financial Management	0	52	0	0	0	52
Sociology	0	50	0	0	0	50
Computer Information Systems	0	49	0	0	0	49
Design & Applied Arts	0	47	0	0	0	47
Instructional Media Design	0	0	3	40	0	43
History	0	39	0	0	0	39
Political Science & Government	0	35	0	0	0	35
Hospitality Management	0	34	0	0	0	34
Special Education	0	15	0	16	0	31
Drama & Theater Arts	0	31	0	0	0	31
Teacher Education Subject Specific	0	9	0	18	0	27
Educational Administration	0	0	2	20	0	22
General English Literature	0	22	0	0	0	22
Fine & Studio Arts	0	17	0	0	0	17
Nursing	0	16	0	0	0	16
Applied Mathematics	0	16	0	0	0	16
Health & Medical Administrative Services	0	15	0	0	0	15
Business/Managerial Economics	0	13	0	0	0	13
Engineering Science	0	11	0	0	0	11
Linguistics & Comparative Literature	0	11	0	0	0	11
Anthropology	0	10	0	0	0	10
Music	0	7	0	3	0	10
Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology	0	9	0	0	0	9
Information Science	0	7	0	0	0	7
Writing Studies	0	0	0	6	0	6
Philosophy	0	6	0	0	0	6
Physics	0	6	0	0	0	6
Public Relations & Advertising	0	0	0	5	0	5
Chemistry	0	3	0	0	0	3
Information Technology	0	0	0	2	0	2
Geological & Earth Sciences	0	0	0	0	1	1
Economics	0	1	0	0	0	1
Geography & Cartography	1	0	0	0	0	1
General Business/Commerce	0	0	0	0	0	0
Other Education	0	0	0	0	0	0
Teaching English or French	0	0	0	0	0	0
Area Studies	0	0	0	0	0	0
Statistics	0	0	0	0	0	0
Gerontology	0	0	0	0	0	0
Historic Preservation	0	0	0	0	0	0
Interdisciplinary Studies	0	0	0	0	0	0
Sustainability Science	0	0	0	0	0	0
Archeology	0	0	0	0	0	0
TOTAL	1	1,941	5	255	1	2,203

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• Image Credit: By DKHardee/Kyle Hardee under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.