University of the Ozarks
Admissions & acceptance rate
First-time freshman admissions: how selective the college is, and how many admitted students choose to enroll.
Graduation rate & outcomes
Completion, retention, and the equity gap between Pell and non-Pell students.
Pell equity
Non-Pell students graduate at a 23.2-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.
Of 26 Title IV programs, 3 pass the federal Gainful Employment test and 0 fail. 23 have graduate earnings too small to publish, so they carry no pass/fail verdict.
Pass / fail distribution
- Passing3 · 11.5%
- No Data23 · 88.5%
- Failing0 · 0.0%
Severity spectrum
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.
Debt vs earnings
Median completer debt against median graduate earnings, highest burden first.
Accreditation status & history
Who accredits the institution, current standing, and any past actions.
Higher Learning Commission
Programmatic accreditations · 1
Action history · 2
- Jan 2023Renewal of AccreditationHigher Learning Commission
- Feb 2013Renewal of AccreditationHigher Learning Commission
Tuition & cost
What families actually pay, broken down by family income.
Net price by family income
Negative values mean aid exceeds the published cost of attendance for that income band.
Federal aid volume & trends
Pell grants and federal Direct Loan volume disbursed to students, and how they've trended.
In AY 2024–25, 322 students received $1.9M in Pell grants, alongside $2.1M in federal Direct Loans.
Pell recipients · 5-year trend
Loan volume by type · AY 2024–25
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.
Student loan default rate
The share of student borrowers who default on federal loans within three years, against the national benchmark.
Of 155 borrowers who entered repayment, 6 (3.8%) defaulted within three years — above the 2.3% national rate.
Default rate vs national, by cohort
* 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.
Academic programs at University of the Ozarks
Top program areas ranked by completions.
Top program families by completions
Enrollment trends & demographics
Fall headcount, 12-month unduplicated enrollment, and student body composition.
Gender split
Race / ethnicity composition
Athletics & Title IX gender equity
How athletic participation, aid, and spending are split between men and women.
Men vs women · spending splits
Sport-by-sport · 10
Campus safety & crime statistics
Reported on-campus crimes over the last three years, including violence and hate crimes.
3-year trend
Criminal offenses by type
By location
- On campus4
- Non-campus2
Includes 4 in residence halls (a subset of on-campus, not added to the total).
VAWA offenses
Hate crimes by bias
No hate crimes reported.
Arrests vs disciplinary referrals
Residence-hall fires
Student-faculty ratio
Student-to-faculty ratio and instructional staff counts.
University of the Ozarks vs Peer comparison
The peer institutions University of the Ozarks selected for federal comparison reporting.
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 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SubjectUniversity of the Ozarks | 51% | — | 778 | $17,360 | Baccalaureate |
| 30% | — | 780 | $14,224 | Baccalaureate | |
| 35% | 63.5% | 547 | $12,287 | Baccalaureate | |
| 26% | 83.4% | 517 | $15,745 | Baccalaureate | |
| 32% | — | 241 | $16,315 | Baccalaureate | |
| 45% | 62.1% | 813 | $20,875 | Baccalaureate | |
| Peer group median | 34% | 63.5% | 663 | $16,030 |
Institutions like University of the Ozarks
Explore the federal data for institutions in University of the Ozarks's comparison group.
- BaccalaureateArkansas
Philander Smith University
Grad rate30%Admit rate—Enrollment780Net price$14,224View data - BaccalaureateArkansas
Central Baptist College
Grad rate35%Admit rate63.5%Enrollment547Net price$12,287View data - BaccalaureateArkansas
Williams Baptist University
Grad rate26%Admit rate83.4%Enrollment517Net price$15,745View data - BaccalaureateArkansas
Crowley's Ridge College
Grad rate32%Admit rate—Enrollment241Net price$16,315View data - BaccalaureateGeorgia
LaGrange College
Grad rate45%Admit rate62.1%Enrollment813Net price$20,875View data
University of the Ozarks Institutional Research office
The IR team responsible for the institution's federal reporting.
University of the Ozarks makes available data and reports containing information for institutional assessment, strategic planning, policy formation, and decision making.
Visit IR office page- Cara FlinnDirector of Institutional Research • Senior Analyst
Common Data Set
University of the Ozarks's own annual Common Data Set: the most detailed self-reported reference for selectivity, cost, outcomes, and the student body.
Selectivity & Admissions
Admissions funnel
C11,438 applied → 1,319 admitted (91.8%) → 228 enrolled.
Selectivity
C1Accessible — 91.8% acceptance rate.
Admit rate by gender
C1Admit rate varies by gender.
SAT range (middle 50%)
C9Middle 50% SAT 910–1180 (median 1040).
ACT range (middle 50%)
C9Middle 50% ACT 17–24 (median 21).
High-school class rank
C10Share of enrolled first-years by HS class-rank band.
What matters in admission
C7Relative importance of each admission factor.
Outcomes & Equity
Graduation & retention
B6-year graduation rate 48%; first-year retention 68%.
Equity: Pell graduation gap
B4Pell-grant recipients graduate 20 pts below the overall rate (28% vs 48%).
Academic Experience
Class-size distribution
I356% of classes have under 20 students; 1% have 50+.
Faculty profile
IKey faculty indicators.
Degrees by discipline
JSTEM-dominant: ~16% of bachelor's degrees are in computing, engineering, math & sciences.
Student Body & Diversity
Undergraduate race/ethnicity
B2Undergraduate enrollment by race/ethnicity.
International students
B225% of undergraduates are international (nonresident).
Transfer Path
Transfer admissions
D1124 transfer applicants → 96 admitted (77.4%) → 55 enrolled — more selective than first-year admission.
Source publications
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