- The Inkwell
- Missouri
- Ozark Christian College
Joplin, MOCity: smallZIP 64801Founded 1942
- Sector
- Private nonprofit
- Founded
- 1942
- Carnegie class
- Special focus: faith-related
- Highest degree
- Graduate degree
- Federal aid since
- 1985
- Website
- www.occ.edu
MissouriReligious affiliationPrivate nonprofit
Ozark Christian College
Ozark Christian College is a private nonprofit faith-based college in Joplin, Missouri, with 602 undergraduates. It admits 94% of applicants, graduates 52% within six years and costs $18,732 a year after aid.
52%graduate
Admission rate94%
Retention84%
4-year graduation33%
Pell Grant share49%
Federal loans47%
$18,732net price / year
94%admission rate
—average SAT
52%graduate in 6 years
$40,203median earnings, 10 yrs
$18,500median debt
#1,579 of 1,704 for earnings#771 of 1,739 for lowest net price#972 of 1,738 for graduation rate#1,317 of 1,552 for selectivity
what it costs
Cost and net price
Net price is the average annual cost after grants and scholarships for full-time students who receive federal aid; it varies with family income.
Published cost
- Cost of attendance
- $28,986tuition, fees, housing, books, per year
- Tuition & fees, in-state
- $16,480
- Tuition & fees, out-of-state
- $16,480
- Average net price
- $18,732national median $19,980
Net price by family income
$0–30,000$15,337
$30,001–48,000$16,041
$48,001–75,000$16,420
$75,001–110,000$20,261
$110,001+$22,781
getting in
Admissions and test scores
Admission
- Admission rate
- 94%national median 77%
- Average SAT
- —
- SAT reading, middle 50%
- —
- SAT math, middle 50%
- —
- ACT composite, middle 50%
- —
Against the national median
Admission rate · this college94%
Admission rate · U.S. median77%
Retention · this college84%
Retention · U.S. median76%
Graduation · this college52%
Graduation · U.S. median55%
Pell share · this college49%
Pell share · U.S. median39%
after enrolling
Graduation, earnings and debt
Completion
- Graduation rate, 6 years
- 52%within 150% of normal time
- Graduation rate, 4 years
- 33%
- First-year retention
- 84%
- Award within 8 years, all students
- 64%
Earnings and debt
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $36,544
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $40,203middle 50%: $24,829–$56,843
- Median debt at graduation
- $18,500
- 3-year loan default rate
- 0%
Earnings ten years after entry
Upper quarter$56,843
Median, Ozark Christian College$40,203
Lower quarter$24,829
U.S. median, all colleges$58,886
Former students working and not enrolled · College Scorecard
who studies here
Students and faculty
Undergraduates
- Degree-seeking undergraduates
- 602
- Part-time
- 16%
- Women / men
- 47% / 53%
- Average age at entry
- 20.5
- First-generation students
- 26%
- Pell Grant recipients
- 49%
Faculty and resources
- Student-to-faculty ratio
- 17 : 1
- Full-time faculty
- 54%
- Average faculty salary
- $5,805 / month
- Instructional spending per student
- $5,523
- Endowment, end of year
- $5,387,955
Race and ethnicity, undergraduates
White82%
Hispanic5.5%
Black1.7%
Asian1.3%
Two or more races4.7%
U.S. nonresident1.3%
American Indian / Alaska Native2.0%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander0.2%
Unknown1.0%
1 fields of study
Most popular fields
Share of bachelor’s degrees awarded, by broad field (CIP family).
Theology & religious vocations100%
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Source: College Scorecard, U.S. Department of Education — institution file, most recent cohorts. UNITID 178679. Founding year, motto and memberships: Wikidata Q7116478.