Coastal Bend College

Beeville, Texas

  • Two-year college
  • Public
  • Town
  • 1,958 students

What you can study

Programs this school reported awarding, with how many students finished one in the latest year. Where the federal data has it, we show what this school's graduates earned a year after finishing (for graduates from a few years back, so a program can show earnings even if few finished recently). The national figure is for everyone who finished that kind of program anywhere.

Auto, diesel and aircraft mechanic

  • Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies/TechniciansCertificate · 1 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $43,278
  • Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies/TechniciansAssociate degree · 2 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $48,683

Bookkeeping and accounting

  • Accounting and Related ServicesCertificate · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $40,897
  • Accounting and Related ServicesAssociate degree · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $41,647

Child care and early education

  • Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and MethodsAssociate degree · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $30,190
  • Human Development, Family Studies, and Related ServicesCertificate · 5 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $28,174
  • Human Development, Family Studies, and Related ServicesAssociate degree · 7 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $29,763

Computers and IT

  • Computer and Information Sciences, GeneralCertificate · 1 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $44,167
  • Computer and Information Sciences, GeneralAssociate degree · 3 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $43,763

Cosmetology and barbering

  • Cosmetology and Related Personal Grooming ServicesCertificate · 41 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $23,574
  • Cosmetology and Related Personal Grooming ServicesAssociate degree · 2 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $23,214

Dental assisting and hygiene

  • Dental Support Services and Allied ProfessionsAssociate degree · 26 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $62,279

EMT, surgical tech and imaging

  • Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment ProfessionsAssociate degree · 11 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $61,169

Engineering technology

  • Mining and Petroleum Technologies/TechniciansCertificate · 3 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $44,056
  • Mining and Petroleum Technologies/TechniciansAssociate degree · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $61,477
  • Drafting/Design Engineering Technologies/TechniciansCertificate · 1 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $45,790
  • Drafting/Design Engineering Technologies/TechniciansAssociate degree · 1 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $49,077

Medical billing and office

  • Health and Medical Administrative ServicesCertificate · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $33,067
  • Health and Medical Administrative ServicesAssociate degree · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $33,452

Office and business support

  • Business Operations Support and Assistant ServicesCertificate · 1 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $30,026
  • Business Operations Support and Assistant ServicesAssociate degree · 1 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $34,369

Police, fire and corrections

  • Criminal Justice and CorrectionsCertificate · 8 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $55,215
  • Criminal Justice and CorrectionsAssociate degree · 3 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $40,997

Practical nursing and nursing assistant

  • Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing AssistantsCertificate · 71 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $50,533
  • Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing AssistantsAssociate degree · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $58,618

Registered nursing

  • Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical NursingAssociate degree · 44 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $75,149

Truck and bus driving

  • Ground TransportationCertificate · 30 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $49,738

Welding and machining

  • Precision Metal WorkingCertificate · 68 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $42,421
  • Precision Metal WorkingAssociate degree · 2 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $48,947
Other programs (8)
  • Business Administration, Management and OperationsCertificate · 7 finishedNationally: $44,510
  • Business Administration, Management and OperationsAssociate degree · 6 finishedNationally: $41,208
  • Business/Commerce, GeneralAssociate degree · 0 finishedNationally: $40,381
  • Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and HumanitiesCertificate · 0 finishedNationally: $35,042
  • Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and HumanitiesAssociate degree · 252 finishedNationally: $34,134
  • Security Science and TechnologyCertificate · 5 finishedNationally: $45,055
  • Security Science and TechnologyAssociate degree · 4 finishedNationally: $39,731
  • Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/FitnessCertificate · 1 finishedNationally: $28,258
Source: College Scorecard

What it really costs

Net price is what students paid after grants and scholarships.

Average net price per year, by family income
$0–30k$3,420$30–48k$3,129$48–75k$3,981$75–110k$7,446Over $110k$11,904Source: College Scorecard
Average net price
$4,055per year, students who got grant aidSource: College Scorecard
Total cost of attendance
$13,032sticker price incl. living costs, per yearSource: College Scorecard
Tuition, in-state
$2,916Source: College Scorecard
Students with federal loans
4%Source: College Scorecard

How students do

Finish their program
39%first-time, full-time students finishing within 1.5 times the normal lengthSource: College Scorecard
Median earnings
$35,6566 years after starting, students who got federal aidSource: College Scorecard
Median earnings, later
$39,31210 years after startingSource: College Scorecard
Median debt at completion
$10,000federal loans, students who finishedSource: College Scorecard

Where these numbers come from

Every number on this page comes from the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard page for Coastal Bend College, which draws on what the school reports to the federal government and on federal student aid and tax records. Program earnings cover graduates who received federal student aid. We last pulled the data on November 5, 2026.

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