Coastal Bend College
Coastal Bend College is a public community college in Beeville, TX, with about 1,777 students on campus and 2,015 more studying only online. Price, graduation and earnings figures on this page count online students too.
The short version on Coastal Bend College
Most of Coastal Bend College’s students study online
About 2,015 students take classes only online, against 1,777 on campus. Price, graduation and earnings figures on this page count online students too, so they describe the online college as much as the campus. The students ↓
A lower graduation rate than at most 2-year colleges
Only 25% of students graduate within three years, fewer than at 94% of 2-year colleges. 40% of first-year students come back for a second year. Most students here study part-time, and the rate only counts first-time, full-time students. Outcomes ↓
Most undergraduates are Hispanic
74% of Coastal Bend College’s undergraduates are Hispanic. The students ↓
The only college for 30 miles
No other degree-granting college with students on campus is within 30 miles of Coastal Bend College. Nearby ↓
Coastal Bend College focuses on liberal arts
48% of the degrees Coastal Bend College awards are in liberal arts; the next biggest field, health professions, is 15%. Majors ↓
This summary is written from the data on this page. Figures are from the U.S. Department of Education’s College Scorecard; price, graduation and earnings include online students; graduation rates count only first-time, full-time students.
The students
1,958 degree-seeking undergraduates.
By race and ethnicity
Women and men
How hard is it to get into Coastal Bend College?
anyone with a high school diploma can enroll
Test scores of admitted students
No SAT or ACT ranges reported. Coastal Bend College is likely test-optional.
The sticker price, and what families really pay
Sticker price: $12,875 a year
Before any grants · out-of-state tuition $5,226
After grants, the average family on aid pays $4,237.
Tuition and fees are $2,916 a year. The net price also counts housing, food and other costs at full price, so a student living at home pays less than it shows.
Your family’s price
Average net price after grants, by family income
About $10,240 over 2 years · 60% off the sticker price
Do students finish, and does it pay off?
Paying back loans
Federal student loans, this college
of borrowers paid down at least some of their loan within three years, more than at 36% of U.S. colleges.
Almost none defaulted within three years (payments on federal loans were paused from 2020 to 2023, so recent default rates are near zero everywhere).
Earnings by family background
Median earnings 10 years after starting, by family income at enrollment
What students study, and what it pays
Share of degrees by field
Associate degree programs with the most graduates
And their graduates’ median earnings four years later (one year where that’s all that’s reported).
Living in Beeville
10% of Beeville’s 13,086 residents are enrolled in college. What the town is like, from TownRatings’ Beeville pages.
Ask around
Students, parents, alumni and the neighbors next door.
Sources: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard (institution and field-of-study files) and IPEDS (Scorecard 06/10/2026 · IPEDS 2024 · fall 2023); town figures from the Census American Community Survey and NOAA climate normals. Graduation rates count first-time, full-time students; earnings and debt are for students who received federal aid. Distances are straight-line. Colleges are described, not graded (how TownRatings describes colleges). Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.