| Overall Rating | Gold |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 70.62 |
| Liaison | Darcy Coughlan |
| Submission Date | Dec. 22, 2022 |
Coastal Carolina University
PA-8: Affordability and Access
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
|
2.04 / 4.00 |
Darcy
Coughlan Associate Director Sustain Coastal |
Percentage of need met, on average, for students who were awarded any need-based aid :
Percentage of students graduating without student loan debt:
Percentage of entering students that are low-income:
Graduation/success rate for low-income students:
A brief description of notable policies or programs to make the institution accessible and affordable to low-income students:
The US Department of Education offers several need-based aid opportunities for low-income students (Pell grant, Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grant (FSEOG), Federal Work Study (FWS), and Direct Subsidized Loans.
CCU also offers need-based institutional awards to incoming students. The CCU Coastal Educational Foundation, the Horry County Higher Education Committee, and other external organizations also offer a variety of scholarships for low-income students. Non-traditional students are also welcome to apply for these awards.
A brief description of notable policies or programs to support non-traditional students:
Estimated percentage of students that participate in or directly benefit from the institution’s policies and programs to support low-income and non-traditional students:
Website URL where information about the institution’s accessibility and affordability initiatives is available:
Additional documentation to support the submission:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
Sources:
https://www.coastal.edu/iraa/ccudata/commondataset/
https://www.coastal.edu/media/2015ccuwebsite/contentassets/documents/iraa/commondatasets/cdsf21.pdf
The percentage of student financial needs met on average is based on full-time undergrads, row H2(I) of Common Data Set.
The percentage of student graduation with no interest-bearing student loan debt calculated as 100% less the % of students in graduating class who took any loans, row H5(A) of Common Data Set
Percentage of entering students that are low-income is based on incoming first-time first-year student Pell Grant recipients, row B4 of Common Data Set
The graduation/success rate for low-income students is based on the six-year graduation rate for the Fall 2015 cohort of Pell Grant recipients, row B11 of Common Data Set.
Other Sources:
College InSight (https://college-insight.org/), an initiative of the Institute for College Access & Success. The College InSight web site displays data taken from the Common Data Set (CDS), the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), and the Department of Education FISAP Fiscal Operations Report and Application to Participate (FISAP). College-level student debt and undergraduate financial aid data © 2017 Peterson's LLC, all rights reserved.
CCU's College Spotlight: https://college-insight.org/spotlight/coastal-carolina-university/4511218724
CCU's profile on NCES: https://nces.ed.gov/collegenavigator/?q=coastal+carolina+university&s=all&id=218724
Graduation/success rate for low-income students: Source - Common Data Set used. Section B (Formerly
B11). Graduation rate used - 2014 Pell Grant Recipient Cohort
https://www.coastal.edu/media/2015ccuwebsite/contentassets/documents/iraa/commondatasets/cdsf20B.pdf
Sources:
https://www.coastal.edu/iraa/ccudata/commondataset/
https://www.coastal.edu/media/2015ccuwebsite/contentassets/documents/iraa/commondatasets/cdsf21.pdf
The percentage of student financial needs met on average is based on full-time undergrads, row H2(I) of Common Data Set.
The percentage of student graduation with no interest-bearing student loan debt calculated as 100% less the % of students in graduating class who took any loans, row H5(A) of Common Data Set
Percentage of entering students that are low-income is based on incoming first-time first-year student Pell Grant recipients, row B4 of Common Data Set
The graduation/success rate for low-income students is based on the six-year graduation rate for the Fall 2015 cohort of Pell Grant recipients, row B11 of Common Data Set.
Other Sources:
College InSight (https://college-insight.org/), an initiative of the Institute for College Access & Success. The College InSight web site displays data taken from the Common Data Set (CDS), the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), and the Department of Education FISAP Fiscal Operations Report and Application to Participate (FISAP). College-level student debt and undergraduate financial aid data © 2017 Peterson's LLC, all rights reserved.
CCU's College Spotlight: https://college-insight.org/spotlight/coastal-carolina-university/4511218724
CCU's profile on NCES: https://nces.ed.gov/collegenavigator/?q=coastal+carolina+university&s=all&id=218724
Graduation/success rate for low-income students: Source - Common Data Set used. Section B (Formerly
B11). Graduation rate used - 2014 Pell Grant Recipient Cohort
https://www.coastal.edu/media/2015ccuwebsite/contentassets/documents/iraa/commondatasets/cdsf20B.pdf
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