Is College of Coastal Georgia Worth It?

College of Coastal Georgia gives you a mixed financial picture that leans risky, and the risk comes less from cost than from whether you finish. Debt is low and net price is moderate, but a 25.6% graduation rate and a 52.51% retention rate mean roughly half of you leave after the first year, and most of you never finish. If you drop out, you carry cost without the degree that pays it back.

Your major decides everything here. Nursing is the clear win: it pays around $54,880 and comes with the lowest debt of any program on the list, so the numbers work strongly in your favor. Everything else is weak. Teacher education, health administration, and business all land in the low $30,000s, and psychology pays just $25,194 while carrying $16,000 in debt, the worst pairing of high debt and low pay on this page. The school's overall median earnings of $39,318 sit below what nursing grads earn and above the rest, which tells you nursing is doing most of the lifting.

The specific risk: you enroll expecting a bachelor's payoff, don't finish, and end up with debt and no credential. Even if you graduate outside nursing, your earnings may not clear much above a high school baseline.

This school fits you if you're set on nursing and confident you'll complete the program. The low nursing debt and strong regional health-sector pay make it a solid deal. If you're aiming at psychology or an undecided path, look harder at whether the earnings justify the cost.

On price, families under $30k pay about $10,793 and families over $110k pay $16,608 , a narrow spread, so higher-income families get little discount and lower-income families still pay five figures a year. Budget for the full net price regardless of income.