Private nonprofit · University

Ottawa University-Kansas City

Overland Park, Kansas · Midsize city

Admit rate
Avg net price
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.

Private nonprofitSmall · 219 undergradsMidsize cityCold winters

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
To Great Lakes shore
421 miles
Nearest airport
26 miles to Kansas City (MCI) · major hub

How Ottawa University-Kansas City compares

Earnings, 10 years after entry$55,552

Higher than 55% · #7 of 27 in Kansas

Median debt at graduation$21,500

Lower than 63%

Student–faculty ratio6 : 1

Lower than 94%

Undergraduate enrollment219

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

526students
  • Undergraduate21942%
  • Graduate30758%

Undergraduates by gender

219undergrads
  • 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
First-year retention
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)

Low-income (Pell)
39%
First-generation
38%

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.

Solid value

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.

Women
$52,904
Men
$59,911

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

HighLow
10°60°100°JFMAMJJASOND

Average precipitation (inches)

0.02.65.3JFMAMJJASOND

NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Olathe 3E, KS US station (7.4 mi from campus).

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.

Colleges similar to Ottawa University-Kansas City

Schools with a comparable profile — size, selectivity, cost, and graduate outcomes. Compare Ottawa University-Kansas City side by side →

Colleges near Ottawa University-Kansas City

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.