Coastal Pines Technical College
Coastal Pines Technical College offers over 150 programs across six categories, including Allied Health, Business & Computer, Professional Services, and Technical & Industrial, with many programs incorporating hands-on learning in well-equipped labs. The college emphasizes workforce development for Southeast Georgia, offering career placement and development services, apprenticeship opportunities, and job fairs to connect students with local employers. Graduates report a 99% placement rate, indicating strong alignment between training and employer needs.
Programs Analyzed
Avg Grad Earnings
Avg TradeSchoolOutlook Score
Tuition (In-State)
All Programs at Coastal Pines Technical College
4 trade programs at Coastal Pines Tech, ranked by TradeSchoolOutlook Score (combines earnings, ROI, AI resilience, and job market size). Use the “compare” links to see how this school’s programs stack up against others nationally.
| Program | Score | Earnings | Debt |
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Practical Nursing
Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing Assistants Compare nationwide → Compare in GA → |
79 | $40,728/yr | — |
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Welding & Metalworking
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71 | $43,040/yr | — |
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Allied Health Professions
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67 | $45,656/yr | — |
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Medical Assisting
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66 | $26,936/yr | — |
Reading the table: Score combines earnings, ROI, AI resilience, and job market size on a 0–100 scale. Earnings = median first-year salary from College Scorecard. Debt = median federal debt at graduation (blank where Scorecard suppresses small samples). 10yr ROI = projected 10-year earnings ÷ in-state tuition. AI Risk reflects task-level AI exposure across mapped occupations. Job Market = annual openings nationwide for connected occupations.
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About This Data
TradeSchoolOutlook analyzes 4 trade and vocational programs at Coastal Pines Technical College using earnings data from the U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard and employment projections from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (2024–2034).
The TradeSchoolOutlook Score (0–100) combines graduate earnings, return on investment, AI resilience, and job market size. AI Risk reflects task-level exposure for the occupations each program feeds into. Job Market shows the size of the national hiring pool. Programs without published debt figures had small reporting samples that the College Scorecard suppresses for privacy.