College · Private nonprofit · Ottawa, KS · Town
Ottawa University-Ottawa
Ottawa, KS
Religious affiliation
Admit rate83%
6-yr median pay$49k
Net price / yr$28k
Undergrad size870
§ I · The real read
What it's actually like.
The bet
Net price of $28k/yr for a shot at a $49k first-5-year salary. Math out whether that works for you — it does for some people, not for others.
Getting in
Admit rate of 83% means this is workable if your grades and essays are solid. Admitted students average SAT 1000 · ACT 18.
If you get in
870 undergrads. Tiny. Every professor will know your name.
Where you live
Town setting — self-contained, social life mostly on campus.
§ II · Cost & aid
Sticker vs. real.
Sticker cost of attendance is $52k/yr. After need-based aid, the average student pays $28k/yr. Merit aid varies. Run your EFC calculator before you rule anything out.
Sticker · 4 yrs$207k
Before any aid.
Net · 4 yrs$112k
What the average student pays.
Typical aid$96k
Difference over 4 years — higher for lower-income households.
Payback2.3x
4-yr net price ÷ first-5-year salary. Lower is better.
Where the money goes · annual sticker.
- Tuition · in-state
- $35.9k
- Room & board
- $13.6k
- Books & supplies
- $1,300
How students pay for it.
Pell grants37%
Share of undergrads on federal Pell grants.
Federal loans76%
Share taking out federal student loans.
Median debt · grads$22k
What the median student owes at graduation. Non-completers: $10k.
3-yr default0%
Low — grads tend to pay on time.
§ III · Outcomes
Do people finish? Do they land?
1-yr retention58%
Watch this number.
Graduation · 6 yr28%
A meaningful chunk do not finish — ask why.
6-yr median pay$49k
Cross-major. Your major's number can be very different.
10-yr median pay$56k
Ten years out — where grads tend to land career-wise.
Transfer out0%
Share of full-time students who transfer to another school.
§ IV · Campus & identity
Setting, size, and who this school is.
- Setting
- Town
- Control
- Private nonprofit
- Undergrad size
- 870
- Location
- Ottawa, KS
- Region
- Plains (IA, KS, MN, MO, NE, ND, SD)
- Carnegie class
- Baccalaureate Colleges: Diverse Fields
- Size & setting
- Four-year · very small · highly residential
- Undergrad program
- Four-year · full-time, inclusive, higher transfer-in
- Accreditor
- Higher Learning Commission
- Also known as
- OUKS - Ottawa
Identity
Religious affiliation
§ · Who studies here
The student body at a glance.
- White50%
- Hispanic19%
- Black15%
- International6%
- Two or more races5%
- American Indian / Alaska Native3%
- Unknown1%
- Asian1%
First-gen students40%
Share whose parents didn't complete college.
Part-time7%
Mostly a full-time student body.
Veterans1%
Share using veteran education benefits.
Median family income$37k
Of enrolled students' households — useful for aid context.
§ V · Majors offered here · 35
What you can study.
- Business Administration and Management$57k · 5-yr
- Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness$45k · 5-yr
- Network and System Administration/Administratorearnings not reported
- Educationearnings not reported
- Special Education and Teachingearnings not reported
- Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Servicesearnings not reported
- Adult and Continuing Education and Teachingearnings not reported
- Agricultural Teacher Educationearnings not reported
- Engineeringearnings not reported
- English Language and Literatureearnings not reported
- Biology/Biological Sciencesearnings not reported
- Mathematicsearnings not reported
- Philosophy, Politics, and Economicsearnings not reported
- Parks, Recreation, Leisure, Fitness, and Kinesiology, Otherearnings not reported
- Religion/Religious Studiesearnings not reported
- Theology and Religious Vocations, Otherearnings not reported
- Psychologyearnings not reported
- Clinical Psychologyearnings not reported
- Criminal Justice and Corrections, Generalearnings not reported
- Human Services, Generalearnings not reported
- Sociologyearnings not reported
- Art/Art Studiesearnings not reported
- Musicearnings not reported
- Health/Health Care Administration/Managementearnings not reported
- Substance Abuse/Addiction Counselingearnings not reported
- Registered Nursing/Registered Nurseearnings not reported
- Accountingearnings not reported
- Business/Managerial Economicsearnings not reported
- Financeearnings not reported
- Human Resources Management/Personnel Administrationearnings not reported
- Management Information Systemsearnings not reported
- Marketing/Marketing Managementearnings not reported
- Speech Communication and Rhetoricearnings not reported
- Historyearnings not reported
- Information Science/Studiesearnings not reported