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Coastal Alabama Community College was awarded 25 badges in the 2024 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is liberal arts.
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College Factual ranked Coastal Alabama Community College as #1,544 out of 2,217 colleges and universities in the country on its 2024 Best Colleges list.
Coastal Alabama Community College also holds the #22 spot on the Best Colleges in Alabama ranking.
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Returning adults and other non-traditional students may appreciate the fact that Coastal Alabama Community College has an open admissions policy. This means that you'll only have to submit basic materials, which may include proof that you completed high school or an equivalent program.
With a student to faculty ratio of 16 to 1, Coastal Alabama Community College 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.
Another measure that is often used to estimate how much access students will have to their professors is how many faculty members are full-time. The idea here is that part-time faculty tend to spend less time on campus, so they may not be as available to students as full-timers.
The full-time faculty percentage at Coastal Alabama Community College is 37%. This is lower 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 Alabama Community College is 63%, which is about average when compared to the national rate of 68%.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 6,653 undergraduates at Coastal Alabama Community College with 2,777 being full-time and 3,876 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $7,589 | $8,607 | $10,988 | $12,840 | $13,830 |
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 Alabama Community College, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
It's not uncommon for college students to take out loans to pay for school. In fact, almost 66% of students nationwide depend at least partially on loans. At Coastal Alabama Community College, approximately 26% of students took out student loans averaging $4,535 a year. That adds up to $18,140 over four years for those students.
The student loan default rate at Coastal Alabama Community College is 12.6%. This is higher than the national default rate of 10.1% so you should proceed with caution when taking out student loans.
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Contact details for Coastal Alabama Community College are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 1900 U S Highway 31 South, Bay Minette, AL 36507-2698 |
| Phone: | 251-580-2100 |
| Website: | www.coastalalabama.edu/ |
Online learning is becoming popular at even the oldest colleges and universities in the United States. Not only are online classes great for returning adults with busy schedules, they are also frequented by a growing number of traditional students.
In 2020-2021, 4,263 students took at least one online class at Coastal Alabama Community College. This is an increase from the 3,376 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-2021 | 4,263 | 2,070 |
| 2019-2020 | 3,376 | 1,251 |
| 2018-2019 | 3,273 | 805 |
| 2017-2018 | 3,155 | 836 |
| 2016-2017 | 781 | 69 |
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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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