by our College Data Analytics TeamIn its yearly rankings, College Factual analyzes over 2,000 colleges and universities to determine which ones are the best in a variety of categories, such as overall value, quality, diversity, which schools are the best for each major, and much more.
Coastal Carolina University was awarded 2 badges in the 2025 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is parks, recreation, leisure, & fitness studies.
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College Factual ranked Coastal Carolina University as #1,142 out of 2,152 colleges and universities in the country on its 2025 Best Colleges list. This is an improvement over the previous year, when Coastal Carolina University held the #1,334 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.
Coastal Carolina University is also ranked #12 out of 45 schools in South Carolina.
The acceptance rate at Coastal Carolina University is 79%. That's higher than the rate at many schools, but still low enough to be considered somewhat selective. If you want to get in, you'll need good grades and to be able to show that Coastal Carolina University is a good fit for you.
About 34% 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 590.
With a student to faculty ratio of 16 to 1, Coastal Carolina University is about average in this regard as the nationwide rate is 15 to 1. While this does not translate directly to class size, it's a good indicator of how much time professors will have to spend with their students on a one-on-one basis.
When estimating how much access students will have to their teachers, some people like to look at what percentage of faculty members are full time. This is because part-time teachers may not have as much time to spend on campus as their full-time counterparts.
The full-time faculty percentage at Coastal Carolina University is 100%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.
The freshmen retention rate tells us what percentage of first-year, full-time students choose to continue on to their sophomore year at a particular school. The rate at Coastal Carolina University is 71%, which is about average when compared to the national rate of 68%.
The on-time graduation rate is the percent of first-time, full-time students who get their bachelor's degree with four years. At Coastal Carolina University this rate is 32%, which is about average when compared to the national rate of 33.3%.
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During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 9,500 undergraduates at Coastal Carolina University with 8,529 being full-time and 971 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $9,458 | $10,007 | $13,134 | $17,496 | $17,894 |
The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.Note that the net price is typically less than the published for a school. For more information on the sticker price of Coastal Carolina University, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
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 Coastal Carolina University, approximately 64% of students took out student loans averaging $10,880 a year. That adds up to $43,520 over four years for those students.
The student loan default rate at Coastal Carolina University is 1.0%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.
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Contact details for Coastal Carolina University are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 103 Tom Trout Drive, Conway, SC 29526 |
| Phone: | 843-347-3161 |
| Website: | https://www.coastal.edu/ |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Business Administration & Management | 269 | $41,953 |
| Health & Physical Education | 212 | $27,920 |
| Marketing | 154 | $35,924 |
| Communication & Media Studies | 134 | $29,821 |
| Ecology, Evolution & Systematics Biology | 131 | $26,838 |
| General Psychology | 127 | $26,524 |
| Teacher Education Grade Specific | 124 | $40,053 |
| Intelligence & Command Control Operations | 91 | $35,150 |
| Liberal Arts General Studies | 75 | $27,221 |
| Public Health | 74 | $29,862 |
Online courses area a great option for busy, working students as well as for those who have scheduling conflicts and want to study on their own time. As time goes by, expect to see more and more online learning options become available.
In 2022-2023, 4,821 students took at least one online class at Coastal Carolina University. This is a decrease from the 6,775 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-2023 | 4,821 | 554 |
| 2021-2022 | 6,775 | 614 |
| 2020-2021 | 5,260 | 585 |
| 2018-2019 | 4,058 | 495 |
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Footnotes
*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.
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