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
$27,963
+$5.3k 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

13.2pp gap
Pell recipients
21%23 of 110
Non-Pell (all)
34%42 of 123
Subsidized loan, no Pell
30%21 of 69
No Federal Aid
39%21 of 54

Non-Pell students graduate at a 13.2-point higher rate than Pell recipients.

Source: IPEDS Graduation Rates (GR) — Pell/SSL cohort, 2024 cohort.

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$22,449
$30–48k$22,912
$48–75k$25,525
$75–110k$30,199
$110k+$30,771

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

Avg net price (private)
$27,963
+$5,292vs Baccalaureate median $22,671
Federal loans
75.5%
In-state tuition
$35,880
Out-of-state
$35,880

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, 1,139 students received $5.9M in Pell grants, alongside $26.4M in federal Direct Loans.

Pell recipients
1,139
AY 2024–25
Pell disbursed
$5.9M
$5,904,175 total
Direct Loans
$26.4M
3,380 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$5.0M
1,217 loan awards
Unsubsidized · UG$5.4M
1,359 loan awards
Unsubsidized · Grad$5.2M
305 loan awards
Parent PLUS$10.6M
490 loan awards
Grad PLUS$154K
9 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 programs49
UndergraduateOffered
GraduateOffered

Top program families by completions

229 total completions
01Business
6427.9%
02Parks/Recreation
5925.8%
03Psychology
4419.2%
04Education
2510.9%
05Biological Sciences
135.7%
06Communication
93.9%
07Computer Sciences
62.6%
08Engineering
31.3%
09Mathematics
31.3%
10English Language
31.3%

Enrollment trends & demographics

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

IPEDS
Fall total
999
12-mo unduplicated
1,025
Undergraduate
890
Graduate
135

Gender split

Men
63%646
Women
37%379

Race / ethnicity composition

White
50.2%
Hispanic
18.9%
Black
14.9%
Non-resident
5.5%
Two or more
5.1%
American Indian / Alaska Native
2.8%
Unknown
1.3%
Asian
1.0%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander
0.3%

Athletics & Title IX gender equity

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

EADA
Athletes
858
540 M · 318 W
Women athletes
37.1%
Athletic aid
$10.5M
Total student aid
Budget
$13.8M
Total expenses

Men vs women · spending splits

Athletic student aid
$6.4M
$3.5M
Recruiting expense
$29K
$19K
Head-coach salaries
$36K
$28K
Men Women

Sport-by-sport · 16

Football
134 M · —
$1.8M
Baseball
116 M · —
$1.5M
Soccer
62 M · 30 W
$1.3M
Basketball
69 M · 19 W
$1.6M
Wrestling
26 M · 53 W
$1.0M
Volleyball
25 M · 49 W
$1.3M

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 · 1,055 students

3-year trend

1.142 yrs ago0.001 yr ago0.00Latest
Offenses · 3-yr
1
Last three years
VAWA · 3-yr
3
DV, dating, stalking
Hate crimes · 3-yr
2
Res-hall fires · 3-yr
0

Criminal offenses by type

No criminal offenses reported.

By location

0total

    VAWA offenses

    1
    Domestic violence
    0
    Dating violence
    0
    Stalking
    1 total under the Violence Against Women Act.

    Hate crimes by bias

    • Race1

    Arrests vs disciplinary referrals

    CategoryArrestsReferrals
    Weapons00
    Drugs22
    Liquor524

    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$27,963Baccalaureate
    Kansas Wesleyan University
    		49%71.9%1,021$22,671Baccalaureate
    McPherson College
    		34%76.8%878$26,441Baccalaureate
    Ottawa University-Online
    		43%96.7%810—Baccalaureate
    Tabor College
    		34%64.6%621$20,205Baccalaureate
    Sterling College
    		41%48.2%694$22,371Baccalaureate
    Peer group median38%71.9%844$22,671

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    IPEDS

    Campus network

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    IPEDS
    Part ofOttawa University-OnlineOverland Park, KS · Main campus
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    Ottawa University-Ottawa Institutional Research office

    The IR team responsible for the institution's federal reporting.

    Office
    Institutional Effectiveness and Assessment Office

    The page provides access to Data Feedback Reports from the Institutional Effectiveness and Assessment Office at Ottawa University-Ottawa. It features downloadable PDF reports categorized by year, covering various locations such as Ottawa, KS, Surprise, AZ, and others.

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    Team
    1 member
    • Dr. Karen Ohnesorge
      Dean of Institutional Research & Planning

    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 $27,963 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.

    Who runs Institutional Research at Ottawa University-Ottawa?

    Ottawa University-Ottawa's IR work is done by the Institutional Effectiveness and Assessment Office.

    About the data on this page

    Every figure comes from an official federal or public source. Here is each one and the release it is currently on.

    IPEDS2025 provisional data (Fall 2025–26 release, July 28, 2026)
    Enrollment, completions, graduation rates, tuition, financial aid, staffing, and finance for every U.S. institution in federal student aid programs.
    National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education
    College ScorecardJune 10, 2026 release (merged 2025–26 files)
    Institution and field-of-study costs, graduate earnings, debt, completion, and admissions outcomes compiled from federal aid records, tax data, and IPEDS.
    U.S. Department of Education
    FVT/GE program performanceProvisional preview, May 18, 2026 release
    Program-level debt-to-earnings and earnings-premium measures behind the FVT/GE and STATS accountability frameworks.
    U.S. Department of Education
    DAPIP accreditationContinuously refreshed
    Accreditation status for institutions and programs, reported by recognized accrediting agencies.
    U.S. Department of Education, Office of Postsecondary Education
    Federal Pell Grant volumeAY 2025–26 (through Q3), through March 31, 2026
    Pell Grant recipient counts, award amounts, and disbursements by institution and award year.
    U.S. Department of Education, Federal Student Aid
    Federal student loan volumeAY 2025–26 (through Q3), through March 31, 2026
    Federal Direct Loan recipient counts and disbursement volume by institution and award year.
    U.S. Department of Education, Federal Student Aid
    Cohort Default RatesFY 2022 official rates
    Institution-level federal student loan default rates, measuring borrowers who default within three years of entering repayment.
    U.S. Department of Education, Federal Student Aid
    Equity in Athletics (EADA)Academic year 2024–25
    Athletics participation, coaching, revenues, and expenses by sport and gender for Title IV institutions.
    U.S. Department of Education, Office of Postsecondary Education
    Campus Safety & SecurityData through reporting year 2024
    Criminal offenses, arrests, disciplinary actions, VAWA offenses, and fire statistics reported by campus under the Clery Act.
    U.S. Department of Education, Office of Postsecondary Education
    Last reviewed July 2026All data sources & release dates →

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