Ottawa University-Online

Overland Park, KS · Private nonprofit · 259 undergrads (small, city) · website ↗

American Baptist
26% Hispanic undergrads
Open admission
$50 application fee

What you'll actually pay

Average net price per year — tuition, fees, room & board minus grant and scholarship aid — for in-state students by household income.

Household income	Avg net price / year
Under $30,000	—
$30,000 – $48,000	—
$48,000 – $75,000	—
$75,000 – $110,000	—
Over $110,000	—
All incomes (average)	—

Sticker tuition and fees: $13,296 in-state — before aid, from the same earlier College Scorecard release as the net prices above.

These are averages. For an estimate for your family, use Ottawa University-Online's own net price calculator — every college that takes federal student aid must publish one.

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Other costs of attendance, 2025–26

The college's own estimate for a full-time undergraduate for the year, before aid, from the October 2026 College Scorecard. It is a newer year than the tuition and net prices above, so don't add the two together.

Housing and meals, off campus (not with family)	$18,592
Books and supplies	$650
Other expenses, off campus	$2,040

Admissions & outcomes

Acceptance rate: —
Average SAT: —
Median ACT: —
Students with Pell grants: 34%
Graduation rate (6yr): 43%
Freshman retention: 100%
Median earnings @ 10yr: $55,552
Median debt at graduation: $21,500
International undergrads: 9 (2.1%)

For comparison, the median across all 1,596 four-year colleges on this site: graduation rate 56%, earnings ten years after entering $54,869, debt at graduation $23,250.

Admission policy, test scores and teaching

SAT/ACT policy: Open admission
Application fee: $50
Students per faculty member: 7 to 1
Faculty who are full-time: 100%

What the college considers in admission decisions, fall 2023

Not reported.

IPEDS, U.S. Department of Education, Admissions 2023–24 (ADM2023, provisional release), fall 2023; open admission from IPEDS Institutional Characteristics 2023–24 (revised); public domain.

Most popular fields of study

Share of bachelor's degrees awarded.

Health & Nursing51%

Business14%

Education12%

Psychology10%

Communications & Media3%

Computer Science2%

Mathematics & Statistics2%

Criminal Justice1%

History1%

Earnings and debt by field of study

Median annual earnings of graduates who received federal student aid and were working, not studying: one year after completing (graduates of 2020–21 and 2021–22) and four years after (2017–18 and 2018–19), measured in 2022 and 2023 and shown in 2024 dollars. Median debt is federal Direct and Grad PLUS loans borrowed at this college by 2022–23 and 2023–24 graduates; it leaves out Parent PLUS and private loans. “National” is the median for the same field and credential across all US colleges.

Bachelor's degrees (10)

Field of study	Degrees awarded 2023–24	Earnings, 1 yr after	Earnings, 4 yrs after	Median federal debt
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing	31	$79,078	$92,782national $88,910	$19,833
Health and Medical Administrative Services	26	$86,206	$82,317national $58,716	$22,170
Business Administration, Management and Operations	14	$57,050	$64,798national $68,257	$20,250
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas	11	—	—national $51,389	$26,000
Psychology, General	10	$39,756	$43,959national $50,706	$21,754
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods	7	$45,823	$50,010national $47,382	$21,812
Accounting and Related Services	6	$57,600	$72,368national $76,194	$25,000
Communication and Media Studies	5	—	$59,445national $56,359	$18,250
Human Services, General	4	$47,222	$52,309national $48,597	$27,862
Human Resources Management and Services	1	$55,381	$66,759national $68,069	—

Master's degrees (3)

Field of study	Degrees awarded 2023–24	Earnings, 1 yr after	Earnings, 4 yrs after	Median federal debt
Business Administration, Management and Operations	165	$57,367	$84,083national $103,485	$26,400
Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology	47	$44,778	$67,727national $65,184	$46,410
Student Counseling and Personnel Services	14	—	$62,455national $60,111	$27,350

A dash means the Department of Education suppressed the figure because too few graduates were measured — not zero. 34 more programmes at this college have every figure suppressed and are not listed. These figures are calculated for all 5 campuses that share this college's federal student-aid ID, so a branch campus shows its institution's figures.

Contact and accreditation

Address: 6450 Spring Parkway, Suite 200, Overland Park, KS 66211
Phone: (913) 701-3773
Institutional accreditor: Higher Learning Commission

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Sources: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard (most recent cohorts) and IPEDS Fall Enrolment for international student counts. College Scorecard, October 2026 release: net price calculator link, mission flags and religious affiliation (2025–26), enrolment shares, test policy, SAT/ACT ranges and student-to-faculty ratio (fall 2024), cost-of-attendance components (2025–26), and earnings and debt by field of study. IPEDS Institutional Characteristics 2023–24 for the application fee and the IPEDS 2024 directory for the phone number. IPEDS Admissions 2023–24 (ADM2023, provisional release) for admission requirements and first-time applicants, admits and enrolments (fall 2023). IPEDS Student Financial Aid 2022–23 (SFA2223, provisional release) for grants and loans to full-time, first-time students. All are U.S. Department of Education data in the public domain. Verify current costs and requirements with the school.

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