Graduate Programs at Coastal Carolina University

Graduate School Overview

Coastal Carolina University (referred to as Coastal Carolina) is a Public, 4 years school located in Conway, SC. It is classified as a Master's College and University (larger programs) school by Carnegie Classification and its highest level of offering is Doctor's degree - research/scholarship.

The school is accredited by Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges (1/1/1976 - Current).

Coastal Carolina Directory Information
School Name	Coastal Carolina University (Coastal Carolina)
Address	103 Tom Trout Drive, Conway, SC 29526
Phone	843-347-3161
Web	https://www.coastal.edu
Online Application	https://www.coastal.edu/admissions/apply.html
Financial Info	https://www.coastal.edu/financialaid

The 2023 graduate school tuition & fees at Coastal Carolina University is $10,764 for South Carolina residents and $20,628 for out-of-state students. The school has 543 graduate students where it has a total enrollment of 10,337 including undergraduate students.

It offers total 85 graduate programs through Post-Bachelor Certificate, Master's, Post-Master Certificate, and Doctorate (Research). Among them, 11 programs are available online classes.

Graduate School 2023 Key Facts
School Type	Public, 4 years
Tuition & Fees	$20,628 $10,764 for South Carolina Residents
Student Population	543
Offered Degrees/Programs	Post-Bachelor Certificate, Master's, Post-Master Certificate, and Doctorate (Research)
Number of Programs	85 graduate programs (11 programs available online learning)
Student to Faculty Ratio	16 to 1

The graduate tuition & fees at Coastal Carolina University is $10,764 for South Carolina residents and $20,628 for out-of-state students for the academic year 2022-2023. The tuition per credit hour is $598 for South Carolina residents and $1,146 for out-of-state students.

Coastal Carolina University offers the alternative tuition plans.

Coastal Carolina University offers the distance education programs. All course works for completing a degree program can be done through online exclusively for graduate programs. In addition, the distance learning courses are offered for students who are not enrolled online exclusively.

On its campus, academic/career services, employment services for students, placement services for completers are provided for their students.

Special Learning Opportunities & On-campus Services
Distance Learning (Online Classes)	11 Online Programs Available
Special learning Opportunities	ROTC (Army) Study abroad Teacher certification
On-Campus Student Services	Academic/career services Employment services for students Placement services for completers

2023 Graduate Tuition, Fees, Other Expenses

For the academic year 2022-2023, the graduate school tuition & fees of Coastal Carolina University is $10,764 for South Carolina residents and $20,628 for other students. The graduate tuition & fees are increased by 3.99% compared to previous academic year.

Data source: 2022-2023 tuition - NCES(National Center for Education Statistics (Last update: July 22, 2022)

2022-2023 Graduate Tuition & fees
	South Carolina Residents		Out-of-State
	Tuition	Fees	Tuition	Fees
2018-2019	$10,584	$90	$19,206	$90
2019-2020	$10,674	$90	$19,746	$90
2020-2021	$10,674	$90	$19,746	$90
2021-2022	$10,674	$90	$19,746	$90
2022-2023	$10,674	$90	$20,538	$90

The graduate school tuition & fees of Coastal Carolina is average compared to public graduate schools in South Carolina. The average graduate school tuition for all graduate schools in United States is $19,518 and the South Carolina graduate tuition is $25,676 (public) / $13,583 (private).

The next table compares the average graduate school tuition by location and school types.

Graduate Tuition & fees Comparison
	Residents	Out-of-State
Coastal Carolina University	$10,764	$20,628
All Graduate Schools	$16,002	$19,518
Public	$11,454	$20,592
Private	$19,594
South Carolina Graduate Schools	$13,429	$19,210
Public	$13,133	$25,676
Private	$13,583

For academic year 2022-2023, the living costs are $15,094 when a student lives on-campus housing facilities (i.e. dormitory, school owned apartments, etc.) at Coastal Carolina University. On-campus living costs are increased by 5.09% compared to previous academic year. The off-campus living costs are $13,994. Off-campus living costs are increased by 3.26% compared to previous academic year.

2022-2023 Living Expenses
	Living On-Campus		Living Off-Campus
	Room & Board	Other Expense	Room & Board	Other Expense
2018-2019	$9,452	$3,290	$8,684	$3,720
2019-2020	$9,502	$3,500	$8,848	$3,938
2020-2021	$9,890	$3,548	$8,982	$3,992
2021-2022	$10,032	$3,882	$9,216	$4,336
2022-2023	$10,628	$3,994	$9,528	$4,466

For academic year 2022-2023, the tuition per credit hour for graduate programs is $598 for South Carolina residents and $1,146 for other students at Coastal Carolina University. The graduate tuition per credit hour are increased by 3.99% compared to previous academic year.

2022-2023 Graduation Program Tuition per Credit Hour
	South Carolina Residents	Out-of-State
2018-2019	$593	$1,072
2019-2020	$598	$1,102
2020-2021	$598	$1,102
2021-2022	$598	$1,102
2022-2023	$598	$1,146

Graduate Programs at Coastal Carolina

Coastal Carolina University offers 26 graduate programs for Master's, Doctorate, and Post-Graduate Certificate. The next table lists number of programs by offered degree and online availability along with number of completers by degree/certificate programs. Last year, 304 students have completed their study at Coastal Carolina University.

Offered Degrees at Coastal Carolina University
Award Level	Total Number of Programs	Available Online Class	Number of Completers
Master's Degree	15	3	289
Doctor's degree - research/scholarship	2	0	12
Post Bachelor's Degree	6	5	3
Post Master's Degree	3	1	0
Total	26	9	304

The next table shows the popular graduate programs at Coastal Carolina University by award level.

The most popular Post-graduate Certificate program is the Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods, Oth (other) program with 1 completers.
The most popular Master's program is the Business Administration and Management program with 77 completers.
The most popular Doctorate program is the Education (other) program with 10 completers.

Popular Post-graduate Certificate Programs at Coastal Carolina University
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods, Oth (other)	✔	1	-
Business Administration and Management	✔	1	-
Computer Teacher Education	✔	0	-
Business/Commerce	✔	0	-
Auditing	✔	0	-

Popular Master's Programs at Coastal Carolina University
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Business Administration and Management	✕	77	$48,500
Educational/Instructional Technology	✔	58	-
Secondary Education and Teaching	✕	26	-
Educational Leadership and Administration	✕	25	$53,300
Reading Teacher Education	✕	23	-

Popular Doctorate Programs at Coastal Carolina University
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Education (other)	✕	10	-
Oceanography, Chemical and Physical	✕	2	-

Coastal Carolina University offers 26 programs through Master's, Doctorate, and Post-Graduate Certificate. The programs are offered both in online and on-site education. Last year total 304 students have completed their graduate studies.

289 students have earned/completed Master's program.
3 students have earned/completed Post-Bachelor's program.

Master's Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Communication and Journalism [+]	✕	12 completers	-
Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication	✕	12	-
Computer and Information Sciences [+]	✔ (1 completers)	4 completers	-
Computer and Information Systems Security/Information Assurance	✔	4	-
Education [+]	✔ (2 completers)	139 completers	$42,300
Educational Leadership and Administration	✕	25	$53,300
Educational/Instructional Technology	✔	58	-
Special Education and Teaching	✔	5	-
Secondary Education and Teaching	✕	26	-
Teacher Education, Multiple Levels	✕	2	-
Reading Teacher Education	✕	23	-
English Language and Literature [+]	✕	10 completers	-
Creative Writing	✕	10	-
Liberal Arts and Sciences, Humanities [+]	✕	5 completers	-
Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies	✕	5	-
Biological and Biomedical Sciences [+]	✕	14 completers	-
Marine Biology and Biological Oceanography	✕	14	-
Parks, Recreation, Leisure, and Fitness Studies [+]	✕	14 completers	-
Sport and Fitness Administration/Management	✕	14	-
Visual and Performing Arts [+]	✕	3 completers	-
Music Technology	✕	3	-
Business [+]	✕	88 completers	-
Business Administration and Management	✕	77	$48,500
Accounting	✕	11	$52,100
	Total	289

Doctorate (Research) Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Education [+]	✕	10 completers	-
Education (other)	✕	10	-
Physical Sciences [+]	✕	2 completers	-
Oceanography, Chemical and Physical	✕	2	-
	Total	12

Post-Bachelor's Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Education [+]	✔ (2 completers)	1 completers	-
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods, Oth (other)	✔	1	-
Computer Teacher Education	✔	0	-
Business [+]	✔	1 completers	-
Business/Commerce	✔	0	-
Business Administration and Management	✔	1	-
Auditing	✕	0	-
	Total	3

Post-Master's Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Computer and Information Sciences [+]	✕	0 completers	-
Information Technology	✕	0	-
Education [+]	✔	0 completers	-
Educational Leadership and Administration	✕	0	-
Educational/Instructional Technology	✔	0	-
	Total	0

Graduate Student Population at Coastal Carolina

For the academic year 2021-2022, total 683 students enrolled into Coastal Carolina University graduate schools where it has total 10,337 students including undergraduate students. By attending status, there are 169 full-time and 514 part-time graduate students. By gender, 210 male and 473 female students are attending graduate schools. The next table summarizes the graduate student population by gender and attending status.

Graduate School Student Population By Gender
	Total	Male	Female
Total	683	210	473
Full-time	169	78	91
Part-tme	514	132	382

The next table summarizes the students population by race/ethnicity.

There are 522 White (76.43%), 83 Black/African American (12.15%), 22 Hispanic (3.22%), 7 Asian (1.02%), and 49 students with other races. 24 students are enrolled with non-resident alien status.

Graduate Student Population By Race/ethnicity
	Total	Male	Female
Total	683	210	473
American Indian/Native American	5	0	5
Asian	7	2	5
Black/African American	83	26	57
Hispanic	22	8	14
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0	0
White	522	152	370
Two More	12	5	7
Un-Known	8	3	5
Non-resident Alien	24	14	10

Coastal Carolina University offers the distance learning opportunities (online degree program and/or courses) for graduate programs. 353 graduate students (51.68% of total students) are enrolled online exclusively and 156 graduate students (22.84% of total students) are enrolled some online courses. The next table summarizes the online student population.

Distance Learning Student Population
	Number of Graduate Students
Total	683
Enrolled Online Exclusively	353
Enrolled Some Online Courses	156
Not in Online Courses	174

The following table summarizes the graduate students population by age at Coastal Carolina University. 212 students are aged 20 to 24 (31.04% of total students), 61 students are aged above 50 (8.93%). Next table summarizes the student population by age at Coastal Carolina University.

Graduate Student Population By Age
	Total	Male	Female
Total	683	210	473
Age 20-21	20	7	13
Age 22-24	192	76	116
Age 25-29	167	52	115
Age 30-34	84	19	65
Age 35-39	64	20	44
Age 40-49	95	19	76
Age 50-64	53	13	40
Over 64	8	4	4

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