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Coastal Pines Technical College

Waycross, Georgia Public 2-year Remote town

Overview

Coastal Pines Technical College is a public two-year institution based in Waycross, Georgia. Its campus is in a remote town. It enrolled 4,130 students in fall 2024. It is part of Technical College System of Georgia.

Coastal Pines Technical College offers certificates and associate degrees across 86 programs. Its largest programs by number of graduates are Welding Technology, Cosmetology, and Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities, Other. It awarded 1,678 degrees and certificates in 2024-25. 21 of its programs can be completed entirely online.

The school has an open admission policy. 66% of full-time first-year students return for a second year. The student-to-faculty ratio is 15 to 1.

Key figures

Open
Admission policy
4,130
Students enrolled
66%
First-year retention
1,678
Degrees and certificates awarded, 2024-25
86
Programs and majors
15:1
Student-to-faculty ratio

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Delivery modes

CampusOnlineHybrid

Program levels

CertificateAssociate

Programs and majors offered 86

Graduate counts are degrees and certificates awarded in each program between July 2024 and June 2025. Largest fields are listed first.

Precision Production 3
Culinary, Cosmetology and Personal Services 4
Mechanic and Repair Technologies 14
Liberal Arts and General Studies 1
Transportation and Materials Moving 2
Construction Trades 5
Computer and Information Sciences 6
Health Professions 16
Family and Consumer Sciences 1
Business, Management and Marketing 10
Natural Resources and Conservation 2
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement and Firefighting 2
Education 3
Legal Professions and Studies 1
Engineering Technologies 10
Science Technologies 1
Agriculture and Veterinary Science 4
English Language and Literature 1

Admissions

Admission policy
Open admission

Outcomes

Retention is for students who started in fall 2023 and returned in fall 2024.

First-year retention, full-time students
66%
First-year retention, part-time students
36%
Student-to-faculty ratio
15:1

Degrees and certificates awarded

Awards conferred between July 1, 2024 and June 30, 2025.

Associate degrees
110
Certificates under 1 year
1,415
Certificates of 1 to 2 years
145
Certificates of 2 to 4 years
8

Enrollment

Students, fall 2024
4,130
Undergraduates, fall 2024
4,130
Full-time, fall 2024
16%
Students over the full 2024-25 year
6,119
Full-time, 2024-25
15%
Size category
1,000 to 4,999 students

Student body

Share of all students enrolled during 2024-25. Small groups can round to zero and are not listed.

Women
62%
Men
38%
White
60%
Hispanic or Latino
10%
Black or African American
23%
Asian
1%
Two or more races
5%

Online and flexible learning

Distance education in 2024-25.

Programs that can be completed fully online
21
Programs with a fully online option
15
Online undergraduate programs
Yes
Students studying fully online
25%
Students taking some online courses
14%
Weekend or evening classes
Yes

Campus and services

Setting
Remote town
Academic calendar
Semester
Part of
Technical College System of Georgia
Carnegie classification
Associate's Colleges: High Career & Technical-High Nontraditional
President
Lonnie Roberts
Services and opportunities
Academic and career counseling, Student employment services, Job placement for graduates, Accepts AP credit, Credit for life experience
For veterans and service members
Credit for military training

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