BaccalaureatePrivate nonprofit

Ottawa University-Ottawa

Ottawa, Kansas·Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above·Plains·ottawa.edu
6-yr Graduation
28%
-9.5pp vs Baccalaureate
Total enrollment
999
peer median 844
Avg net price
$28,083
+$4.7k vs Baccalaureate
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Admissions & acceptance rate

First-time freshman admissions: how selective the college is, and how many admitted students choose to enroll.

IPEDS
Applied
2,611
2,611 candidates competed
Admitted
2,166
83.0% acceptance rate
Enrolled
306
14.1% yield

Graduation rate & outcomes

Completion, retention, and the equity gap between Pell and non-Pell students.

IPEDS
Overall completion
28%-9.5pp vs Baccalaureate
4-year graduation
20%
6-year graduation (bachelor’s)
28%
Full-time retention
58%

Pell equity

9.0pp gap
Pell recipients
21%
Non-Pell
30%

Non-Pell students graduate at a 9.0-point higher rate than Pell recipients.

Program outcomes

Federal Program Performance Data: how each program's graduate earnings and debt measure up under Financial Value Transparency and Gainful Employment.

FVT/GE

Of 58 Title IV programs, 12 pass the federal Gainful Employment test and 0 fail. 46 have graduate earnings too small to publish, so they carry no pass/fail verdict.

Total programs
58
Passing
12
20.7% of portfolio
Failing (GE)
0
0.0% of portfolio
Fail rate
0.0%
-0.6pp vs 0.6% national

Pass / fail distribution

58programs
  • Passing12 · 20.7%
  • No Data46 · 79.3%
  • Failing0 · 0.0%

Severity spectrum

Critical
0
Severe
0
Recoverable
0
At Risk
0
Watch
0
Safe
12
No data
46

Tiers band programs by how far graduate earnings sit above or below the benchmark, from Critical (below −15%) through Safe (above +25%). No data means earnings were privacy-suppressed.

Earnings premium gap

Graduate earnings versus the federal benchmark, worst gaps first.

12
Psychology General
Bachelor Degree · Psychology
+26.3%
$43,959 vs $34,808
Student Counseling and Personnel Services
Master's Degree · Education
+34.6%
$62,455 vs $46,391
Clinical Counseling and Applied Psychology
Master's Degree · Psychology
+39.2%
$67,727 vs $48,653
Business Administration Management and Operations
Master's Degree · Business, Management, Marketing, And Related Support Services
+39.9%
$84,083 vs $60,112
Teacher Education and Professional Development Specific Levels and Methods
Bachelor Degree · Education
+43.7%
$50,010 vs $34,808
Human Services General
Bachelor Degree · Public Administration And Social Service Professions
+50.3%
$52,309 vs $34,808
Communication and Media Studies
Bachelor Degree · Communication, Journalism, And Related Programs
+70.8%
$59,445 vs $34,808
Business Administration Management and Operations
Bachelor Degree · Business, Management, Marketing, And Related Support Services
+86.2%
$64,798 vs $34,808

Debt vs earnings

Median completer debt against median graduate earnings, highest burden first.

10
Clinical Counseling and Applied Psychology
Master's Degree · Psychology
106%
$71,419 debt · $67,727 earn
Psychology General
Bachelor Degree · Psychology
51%
$22,605 debt · $43,959 earn
Human Services General
Bachelor Degree · Public Administration And Social Service Professions
48%
$25,000 debt · $52,309 earn
Teacher Education and Professional Development Specific Levels and Methods
Bachelor Degree · Education
47%
$23,522 debt · $50,010 earn
Business Administration Management and Operations
Master's Degree · Business, Management, Marketing, And Related Support Services
41%
$34,083 debt · $84,083 earn
Business Administration Management and Operations
Bachelor Degree · Business, Management, Marketing, And Related Support Services
35%
$22,750 debt · $64,798 earn
Accounting and Related Services
Bachelor Degree · Business, Management, Marketing, And Related Support Services
34%
$24,929 debt · $72,368 earn
Human Resources Management and Services
Bachelor Degree · Business, Management, Marketing, And Related Support Services
33%
$22,000 debt · $66,759 earn

Accreditation status & history

Who accredits the institution, current standing, and any past actions.

DAPIP
AccreditedInstitutional accreditor

Higher Learning Commission

Accredited since 1914Next review Aug 2034

Programmatic accreditations · 1

Action history · 1

  1. Jun 2024Renewal of Accreditation
    Higher Learning Commission

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Tuition & cost

What families actually pay, broken down by family income.

College Scorecard

Net price by family income

Aid exceeds costFamily pays
$0–30k$21,092
$30–48k$25,749
$48–75k$28,099
$75–110k$29,480
$110k+$30,254

Negative values mean aid exceeds the published cost of attendance for that income band.

Avg net price (private)
$28,083
+$4,714vs Baccalaureate median $23,369
Federal loans
85.4%
In-state tuition
$35,300
Out-of-state
$35,300

Federal aid volume & trends

Pell grants and federal Direct Loan volume disbursed to students, and how they've trended.

Federal Student Aid

In AY 2024–25, 1,132 students received $5.7M in Pell grants, alongside $24.1M in federal Direct Loans.

Pell recipients
1,132
AY 2024–25
Pell disbursed
$5.7M
$5,741,072 total
Direct Loans
$24.1M
3,298 loan awards

Pell recipients · 5-year trend

1k
’20
1k
’21
1k
’22
1k
’23
1k
’24

Loan volume by type · AY 2024–25

Subsidized$4.7M
1,190 loan awards
Unsubsidized · UG$4.8M
1,329 loan awards
Unsubsidized · Grad$4.0M
282 loan awards
Parent PLUS$10.6M
489 loan awards
Grad PLUS$126K
8 loan awards

Loan awards count each loan type a student holds, not unique borrowers; one student may carry several (e.g. subsidized and unsubsidized), so the per-type figures are the reliable detail.

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Student loan default rate

The share of student borrowers who default on federal loans within three years, against the national benchmark.

Cohort Default Rate

Of 1,125 borrowers who entered repayment, 22 (1.9%) defaulted within three years — below the 2.3% national rate.

Default rate
1.9%
-0.4pp vs 2.3% national
Borrowers in repayment
1,125
Defaulted
22
Measurement window
3 years
Federal CDR standard

Default rate vs national, by cohort

2016
6.8%
2017
8.1%
2018
6.3%
2019
1.9%
2020*
0.0%
This institutionNational rate

* Cohorts 2020 and later read near 0% because the federal COVID-19 payment pause (CARES Act) suspended defaults nationwide. These years reflect a national policy, not institutional performance; the 2019 cohort is the last measured under normal repayment.

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Academic programs at Ottawa University-Ottawa

Top program areas ranked by completions.

IPEDS
Distinct CIP programs47
UndergraduateOffered
GraduateOffered

Top program families by completions

192 total completions
01Business
8041.7%
02Parks/Recreation
4523.4%
03Education
2613.5%
04Psychology
189.4%
05Biological Sciences
63.1%
06Computer Sciences
63.1%
07Communication
52.6%
08Visual/Performing Arts
21.0%
09Engineering
21.0%
10Social Sciences
21.0%

Enrollment trends & demographics

Fall headcount, 12-month unduplicated enrollment, and student body composition.

IPEDS
Fall total
999
12-mo unduplicated
1,115
Undergraduate
963
Graduate
152

Gender split

Men
62%694
Women
38%421

Race / ethnicity composition

White
53.4%
Hispanic
16.2%
Black
15.0%
Two or more
5.6%
Non-resident
5.5%
American Indian / Alaska Native
2.0%
Asian
1.6%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander
0.4%
Unknown
0.4%

Athletics & Title IX gender equity

How athletic participation, aid, and spending are split between men and women.

EADA
Athletes
846
543 M · 303 W
Women athletes
35.8%
Athletic aid
$9.8M
Total student aid
Budget
$14.5M
Total expenses

Men vs women · spending splits

Athletic student aid
$6.2M
$3.6M
Recruiting expense
$50K
$27K
Head-coach salaries
$36K
$35K
Men Women

Sport-by-sport · 15

Football
133 M · —
$2.2M
Baseball
117 M · —
$1.2M
Track and Field and Cross Country (combined)
59 M · 56 W
$707K
Other Sports
38 M · 54 W
$1.3M
Wrestling
41 M · 46 W
$1.8M
Soccer
54 M · 30 W
$1.2M

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Campus safety & crime statistics

Reported on-campus crimes over the last three years, including violence and hate crimes.

Clery Act
Criminal offenses · per 1,000 students
0.00
0 offenses · 953 students

3-year trend

3.762 yrs ago1.141 yr ago0.00Latest
Offenses · 3-yr
4
Last three years
VAWA · 3-yr
4
DV, dating, stalking
Hate crimes · 3-yr
1
Res-hall fires · 3-yr
0

Criminal offenses by type

No criminal offenses reported.

By location

0total

    VAWA offenses

    0
    Domestic violence
    0
    Dating violence
    0
    Stalking
    0 total under the Violence Against Women Act.

    Hate crimes by bias

    • Race1

    Arrests vs disciplinary referrals

    CategoryArrestsReferrals
    Weapons00
    Drugs02
    Liquor010

    Residence-hall fires

    No residence-hall fires reported.

    Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

    Student-faculty ratio

    Student-to-faculty ratio and instructional staff counts.

    IPEDS
    Student-to-faculty
    12.0:1
    Instructional staff (full-time equivalent)
    23

    Ottawa University-Ottawa vs Peer comparison

    The peer institutions Ottawa University-Ottawa selected for federal comparison reporting.

    IPEDS
    GraduationRetentionSelectivityEnrollmentAffordabilityYield
    This institutionPeer median

    A larger shape on any axis means this institution outperforms its peers on that dimension. For acceptance rate and net price, lower raw values are inverted so "more selective" and "more affordable" appear larger.

    Carnegie
    SubjectOttawa University-Ottawa
    		28%—999$28,083Baccalaureate
    Kansas Wesleyan University
    		49%71.9%1,021$23,369Baccalaureate
    McPherson College
    		34%76.8%878$24,837Baccalaureate
    Ottawa University-Online
    		43%96.7%810—Baccalaureate
    Tabor College
    		34%64.6%621$19,868Baccalaureate
    Sterling College
    		41%48.2%694$22,403Baccalaureate
    Peer group median38%71.9%844$23,369

    Frequently asked questions about Ottawa University-Ottawa

    Quick answers to the questions most often asked about Ottawa University-Ottawa.

    What is the graduation rate at Ottawa University-Ottawa?

    Ottawa University-Ottawa reports a 6-year graduation rate of 28% per the latest IPEDS.

    How many students attend Ottawa University-Ottawa?

    Ottawa University-Ottawa reports a total enrollment of 999 students per the latest IPEDS.

    What is the average net price at Ottawa University-Ottawa?

    The average net price at Ottawa University-Ottawa is $28,083 per the latest College Scorecard. Net price is the published cost of attendance minus grant aid.

    What is the yield rate at Ottawa University-Ottawa?

    Ottawa University-Ottawa's yield rate is 14.1%, the share of admitted students who enrolled, per the latest IPEDS.

    Where is Ottawa University-Ottawa located?

    Ottawa University-Ottawa is located in Ottawa, Kansas 66067-3399.

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