Ozark Christian College
Private College in Joplin, MO. Six-year graduation rate 64%. Median 10-year earnings $41,297.
Students who entered Ozark Christian College reach a median of $41,297 a decade later, a figure that trails the typical four-year outcome. The six-year graduation rate is 64%, meaning about one in three students who start do not finish. Debt at graduation runs to a median of $16,772, neither a bargain nor a burden.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Admissions
Admission is not the constraint here: 94% of applicants are accepted. Only 266 students applied, so treat these rates as directional — small pools swing sharply between cycles. 59% of admitted students actually enroll, which is a high yield by national standards.
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 | — | — |
| SAT Math | — | |
| ACT Composite | — | — |
IPEDS Admissions · 2024
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Completion is middling: 64% finish inside six years. First-year retention of 83% shows the cohort holds together through the hardest year. The two rates sit near each other: few students who return for a second year are missing from the six-year completion figure. A 20% 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. A 17:1 ratio is unremarkable; expect a mix of lecture halls and seminars.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 612 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Students pay an average of $20,807 annually once grants are applied. The gap between the $0–30k and $110k+ bands is narrow ($17,900 versus $22,451), meaning aid is not strongly need-weighted. Most students get help: 97% receive grants worth $8,743 on average. 54% of students take federal loans, a middling borrowing rate.
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 · 145 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 | $17,900 |
| $30–48k | $15,098 |
| $48–75k | $19,463 |
| $75–110k | $21,083 |
| $110k+ | $22,451 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 332 of these 612 students, totalling $2,099,051 — an average of $6,322 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Jasper 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)