Best Community Colleges: Coastal Carolina Community College (NC)
Coastal Carolina Community College, a two-year institution, is
located in Jacksonville, North Carolina. Coastal Carolina Community
College is one of the 58 public community colleges in North Carolina and
serves Onslow County, which hosts two of the most strategic bases of
the US Marine Corps.
Coastal students consistently meet or exceed all of the annual
performance measures in the North Carolina Community College System more
often than any other college.
Coastal Carolina Community College offers associate degrees in the
arts (A.A.), science (A.S.), and fine arts (A.F.A.) for students seeking
to transfer to a four-year college or university.
AFA programs of study include Drama, Music and Music Education, and Art.
A.S. programs include Biology Education, Biology and Engineering.
Examples of A.A. programs are Art Education; Economics, Finance and
Marketing; Communication/Communication Studies; Elementary Education;
English Education; Geography; Information Systems; Middle Grades
Education; Physical Education; Political Science; Social Science
Secondary Education; and Sociology.
Coastal Carolina Community College’s 64/65 credits of coursework are
designed to parallel freshman and sophomore years at four-year colleges
and universities.
Coastal and University of North Carolina Wilmington (UNCW) have an
articulation agreement guaranteeing Coastal Carolina Community College’s
two-year degree graduates who maintain at least a “B” average begin as
juniors at UNCW. Additionally, Coastal, UNCW, Onslow County Schools, and
Marine Corps Base Camp LeJeune have developed a partnership to offer
“2+2” teacher training for elementary education.
Forty to fifty percent of Coastal Carolina Community College students
are active duty military and their family members. The college offers
eight-week semester courses on Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune and on
Marine Corps Air Station New River to accommodate the military work
schedule.
The school’s Division of Continuing Education serves more military
personnel than any of the other fifty-seven community colleges in the
state. The school’s Customized Training Program provides education and
training opportunities for local businesses and industries. Coastal
Carolina Community College’s Continuing Education Program focuses on
licensure & certification courses for a wide variety of professional
and technical careers.
The community college is a member of the National Collegiate Honors
Council (NCHC). Coastal Carolina Community College ranked #46 in the CNN
Money listing of community colleges in 2012
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