College of
the Ozarks
Private College in Point Lookout, MO. Six-year graduation rate 64%. Median 10-year earnings $41,592.
Students who entered College of the Ozarks reach a median of $41,592 a decade later, a figure that trails the typical four-year outcome. 64% finish within six years — respectable, though a meaningful share still leave without a credential. It also moves people — 3.3% of students climb from the bottom fifth of the income distribution to the top.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ! Admit rate 12% — heavily selective, limited transfer slots
Admissions
An acceptance rate of 12% means admission is the exception — plan accordingly. The applicant pool runs to 2,919, typical for a school of this reach. A 81% yield rate puts this school in the upper range for admits who follow through. The score bands below rest on the 10% of enrolled first-years who submitted an SAT score — a self-selected group, and not a cutoff.
Test score bands (middle 50% of submitters)
These bands describe the enrolled first-years who submitted a score, not the entering class. Where most students apply test-optional the submitters are a self-selected, higher-scoring group.
| Test | 25th–75th percentile | Submitted |
|---|---|---|
| SAT Evidence-Based Reading | 540–630 | 29 (10%) |
| SAT Math | 510–590 | |
| ACT Composite | 20–25 | 257 (90%) |
IPEDS Admissions · 2024
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64% graduate within six years — average, but that average still hides a large group who do not. First-year retention of 90% shows the cohort holds together through the hardest year. The distance between those two figures is the part worth noticing — students return for a second year at a much higher rate than they graduate, so attrition here is spread across the middle years rather than concentrated in the first. A 28% transfer-out rate accounts for part of that gap: those students left for another institution rather than dropping out, and the graduation rate above counts them as non-completers here.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 1,415 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Students pay an average of $11,637 annually, well below typical undergraduate net price. Net price varies modestly by income — $6,381 at $0–30k against $10,426 at $110k+ — so the average is a fair guide for most families. Most students get help: 100% receive grants worth $27,742 on average.
Entering first-year students
A different, smaller group than the rates above: full-time students in their first year of college anywhere. The grant series here also excludes the "other sources" counted in the all-undergraduate figure, so the two are not comparable.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · 256 students
Net price by family income
The same students as the headline above, limited to those who received Title IV federal aid — a narrower group, with a lower overall average. IPEDS publishes no combined figure across these bands, so they should not be averaged into one.
| Family income band | Average net price |
|---|---|
| $0–30k | $6,381 |
| $30–48k | $6,140 |
| $48–75k | $5,022 |
| $75–110k | $6,409 |
| $110k+ | $10,426 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Taney County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026
Veterans & GI Bill
VA GI Bill Comparison Tool (Veterans Affairs GIDS)