Oregon Coast Community College Overview

Located in Newport, Oregon, Oregon Coast Community College is a public institution. The rural area surrounding the school is great for students who prefer living in a country setting.

What Is Oregon Coast Community College Known For?

• Students at Oregon Coast Community College may have an easier time interacting with their teachers since the student to faculty ratio at the school is 9 to 1.
• The highest award offered at Oregon Coast Community College is the associate's degree.
• In 2017-2018, 14% of the faculty were full-time.

Oregon Coast Community College Rankings

These rankings may look different from those published by other outlets, because we use an outcomes-based approach rather than a subjective one. We get our data from a number of places, including the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) and the College Scorecard. For more information, check out our rankings and methodology page.

Program Level Awards

These are highlights of some of the most noteworthy awards granted to specific programs at Oregon Coast Community College.

Rank	Ranking Name	Share
#1	Best Ecology & Systematics Biology Undergraduate Certificate Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#1	Best Value Ecology & Systematics Biology Undergraduate Certificate Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#2	Best Value Biological & Biomedical Sciences Undergraduate Certificate Schools	Tweet It - Post It

Awards From Around the Web

The following table lists some notable awards Oregon Coast Community College has earned from around the web.

Rank	Ranking Name	Source
#1	Highest Paid Associate Degree Ecology, Evolution & Systematics Biology Graduates	College Factual
#1	Highest Paid Associate Degree Marine Biology Graduates	College Factual
#48	Best Nursing Undergraduate Certificate Schools	Nursing Degree Search
#122	Highest Paid Registered Nursing Graduates	College Factual
#131	Highest Paid Nursing Graduates	College Factual
#143	Highest Paid Health Professions Graduates	College Factual

Where Is Oregon Coast Community College?

Contact details for Oregon Coast Community College are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	400 Se College Way, Newport, OR 97366
Phone:	541-265-2283

How Do I Get Into Oregon Coast Community College?

You can apply to Oregon Coast Community College online at: oregoncoast.edu/apply/

Oregon Coast Community College has an open admissions policy. This means that the school accepts all applicants assuming that they meet very basic requirements, such as having a high school diploma or equivalent.

Can I Afford Oregon Coast Community College?

Student Loan Debt

While almost two-thirds of students nationwide take out loans to pay for college, the percentage may be quite different for the school you plan on attending. At Oregon Coast Community College, approximately 42% of students took out student loans averaging $6,130 a year. That adds up to $24,520 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at Oregon Coast Community College is 16.3%. Watch out! This is significantly higher than the national default rate of 10.1%, which means you could have trouble paying back your student loans if you take any out.

Oregon Coast Community College Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 417 undergraduate students at Oregon Coast Community College, with 190 being full-time and 227 being part-time.

Gender Diversity

Of the 190 full-time undergraduates at Oregon Coast Community College, 28% are male and 72% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Oregon Coast Community College students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	2
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	25
White	143
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	19

Online Learning at Oregon Coast Community College

In 2019-2020, 315 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at Oregon Coast Community College has changed over the last few years.

Online Growth Rankings of Oregon Coast Community College

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Oregon Coast Community College was 588.3%. This is the #153 largest growth rate of all schools that are mostly online. This refers to all students at Oregon Coast Community College regardless of major.

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%.

Oregon Coast Community College Undergraduate Concentrations

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

Major	Basic Certificate	Associate’s	Undergraduate Certificate	TOTAL
Nursing	0	16	22	38
Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants	0	0	22	22
Liberal Arts General Studies	0	21	0	21
Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services	14	0	0	14
Business Administration & Management	0	4	0	4
Ecology, Evolution & Systematics Biology	0	1	1	2
Accounting	0	0	0	0
Business Support & Assistant Services	0	0	0	0
General Business/Commerce	0	0	0	0
TOTAL	14	42	45	101

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

More about our data sources and methodologies.