Private nonprofit · University
Ottawa University-Kansas City
Overland Park, Kansas · Midsize city
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- Graduation rate
- $55,552
- Median earnings
Ottawa University-Kansas City is a private nonprofit bachelor's-granting institution in Overland Park, Kansas (midsize city setting), enrolling 219 undergraduates. It has a American Baptist religious affiliation.
About Overland Park, Kansas
Overland Park is a city in Johnson County, Kansas, United States. In 1905, William B. Strang Jr. arrived and began to plot subdivisions along an old military roadway, which later became the city's principal thoroughfare. He developed large portions of what would later become downtown Overland Park. The Overland Park Arboretum and Botanical Gardens is 300 acres (120 ha). The Oak Park Mall is one of the area's top shopping locations with nearly 200 stores. (Wikipedia)
- Setting
- Midsize city
- Highest degree offered
- Graduate
- Nearest big city
- 12 miles to Kansas City, MO
- To Great Lakes shore
- 421 miles
- Nearest airport
- 26 miles to Kansas City (MCI) · major hub
How Ottawa University-Kansas City compares
Higher than 55% · #7 of 27 in Kansas
Lower than 63%
Lower than 94%
Larger than 13%
Percentiles compare Ottawa University-Kansas City with the nation's 2,196 four-year colleges, among schools reporting each statistic. State ranks count four-year colleges in Kansas.
Student body
Undergraduate vs. graduate
- Undergraduate21942%
- Graduate30758%
Undergraduates by gender
- Women13763%
- Men8237%
Undergraduates by race / ethnicity
- White68%
- Black12%
- Hispanic11%
- Asian2.7%
- Other or multiracial5.5%
Graduate gender splits aren't published in this data, so the gender chart covers undergraduates only.
By the numbers
- Undergraduate enrollment
- 219
- Graduate enrollment
- 307
- Student–faculty ratio
- 6 : 1
- Pell Grant recipients
- 49%
- First-generation students
- 40%
- Students over 25
- 72%
- Median family income
- $37,232
- Avg faculty salary (academic year)
- $64,629
- Endowment
- $1,656,626
Colleges don't publish true class-size data; student–faculty ratio (IPEDS) is the closest public measure of it.
Outcomes
- Graduated
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- First-year retention
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- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $49,139
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $55,552
- Median debt at graduation
- $21,500
- Students with federal loans
- 64%
- Paying down their loans (1 year in)
- 38%
Graduating on time
By student background (4 years)
When these bars run close together, students from every background tend to finish at similar rates — a sign the school supports the ~30% who are first-gen or low-income.
Campus life & athletics
- On-campus housing
- No
- Application fee
- $50
Housing and fees: IPEDS 2023–24. Athletics rosters: Equity in Athletics data, 2024–25. Dorm capacity can include graduate and family housing, so the share of undergrads can top 100%.
Campus safety
- Safety grade
- A
- Reported offenses per 1,000 students
- 0.0 / year
- Violent offenses (2022–2024)
- 0
- Property offenses (2022–2024)
- 0
On-campus criminal offenses reported under the Clery Act, 2022–2024, across 1 campus (528 students). Counts reflect reports, not convictions — schools with strong reporting cultures often show more, so a higher count doesn't simply mean a more dangerous campus.
Is it worth it?
A rough return-on-investment read from what graduates earn versus what they borrow.
- Median earnings (10 years)
- $55,552
- Typical debt at graduation
- $21,500
- Debt vs. one year's pay
- 39%
- Out-earn a HS grad
- 66%
Typical debt would take roughly 3.9 years to repay at about a tenth of median earnings.
A reasonable return: earnings comfortably clear the debt over a few years for most students who finish.
Earnings are the College Scorecard median for former students (working, not enrolled) 10 years after entry — not a guarantee, and they vary a lot by major. Debt is the median federal loan balance at graduation.
The pay gap here
Median earnings 10 years after entry, split by gender.
Men out-earn women by $7,007 (13%) a decade out.
Federal figures for former students working and not enrolled, 10 years after they first entered. A gap this wide usually reflects which majors men and women here tend to choose — not different pay for the same job.
Campus climate
- Summer high
- 88°F
- Winter low
- 20°F
- Annual rain
- 40.7″
- Annual snow
- 13.8″
Average temperature
HighLowAverage precipitation (inches)
NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Olathe 3E, KS US station (7.4 mi from campus).
What Ottawa University-Kansas City graduates study — and earn
Median earnings of this school's own graduates 1 and 5 years after finishing each program, and median federal-loan debt at completion (College Scorecard). Small programs are privacy-suppressed (—). Click a major to compare colleges nationally.
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Source: US Department of Education College Scorecard (most recent cohorts), IPEDS institutional characteristics, Equity in Athletics (EADA) data, Clery Act Campus Safety and Security data, and NOAA US Climate Normals. Distances are straight-line from campus coordinates. Percentiles compare schools of the same level (four-year vs. two-year) that report each statistic.












