Private nonprofit · College

Ozark Christian College

Joplin, Missouri · Small city

93.6%
Admit rate
$20,580
Avg net price
64%
Graduation rate
$41,297
Median earnings

Ozark Christian College is a private nonprofit bachelor's-granting institution in Joplin, Missouri (small city setting), enrolling 602 undergraduates. It has a Christian Churches and Churches of Christ religious affiliation.

Private nonprofitSmall · 602 undergradsSmall cityAccessible · 94% admitNCCAA Division IICold winters

About Joplin, Missouri

Joplin is a city in Jasper and Newton counties in the U.S. state of Missouri. Lead was discovered in the Joplin Creek Valley before the Civil War, but only after the war did significant development take place. By 1871, numerous mining camps sprang up in the valley and resident John C. Cox filed a plan for a city on the east side of the valley. (Wikipedia)

Setting
Small city
Highest degree offered
Graduate
To Great Lakes shore
491 miles
Nearest airport
3 miles to Joplin (JLN)

How Ozark Christian College compares

Selectivity93.6%

More selective than 16% · #37 most selective of 44 in Missouri

Graduation rate64%

Higher than 66% · #13 of 51 in Missouri

First-year retention83%

Higher than 71%

Earnings, 10 years after entry$41,297

Higher than 16% · #43 of 53 in Missouri

Average net price$20,580

Cheaper than 48% · #28 cheapest of 51 in Missouri

Median debt at graduation$16,772

Lower than 87%

Student–faculty ratio17 : 1

Lower than 23%

Undergraduate enrollment602

Larger than 25%

Percentiles compare Ozark Christian College with the nation's 2,196 four-year colleges, among schools reporting each statistic. State ranks count four-year colleges in Missouri.

Student body

Undergraduate vs. graduate

728students
  • Undergraduate60283%
  • Graduate12617%

Undergraduates by gender

602undergrads
  • Women30250%
  • Men30050%

Undergraduates by race / ethnicity

  • White82%
  • Black1.7%
  • Hispanic5.5%
  • Asian1.3%
  • Other or multiracial9.1%

Graduate gender splits aren't published in this data, so the gender chart covers undergraduates only.

By the numbers

Undergraduate enrollment
602
Graduate enrollment
126
Student–faculty ratio
17 : 1
Pell Grant recipients
43%
First-generation students
26%
Students over 25
9%
Median family income
$49,407
Avg faculty salary (academic year)
$52,245
Endowment
$5,387,955

Colleges don't publish true class-size data; student–faculty ratio (IPEDS) is the closest public measure of it.

Where students come from

Home state of the 146 first-year students who entered in fall 2023.

  • From Missouri32%
  • Other U.S. states67%
  • International0.7%

A national draw — only 32% of first-years come from Missouri; 67% arrive from other states.

1% came from outside the U.S. Out-of-state students usually pay a higher tuition rate at public schools — check the cost card above for your bracket. Source: IPEDS residence & migration, fall 2023 entering class.

Admissions

Admission rate
93.6%
Test scores
Not considered
SAT range (25th–75th %)
SAT average
SAT reading
SAT math
ACT composite

Cost

In-state tuition
$16,000
Room & board
$9,070
Books & supplies
$800
Total cost of attendance
$28,485
Average net price
$20,580

Net price is the total cost minus grants and scholarships — what students actually pay. It varies sharply by family income; see the breakdown below.

Outcomes

Graduated (within 6 years)
64%
Graduated on time (4 years)
40%
First-year retention
83%
Transferred to another college
20%
Median earnings, 6 years after entry
$32,528
Median earnings, 10 years after entry
$41,297
Median debt at graduation
$16,772
Students with federal loans
54%
Paying down their loans (1 year in)
58%

About 23% of students who finish here need more than four years — each extra year adds roughly another year of tuition and living costs.

Graduating on time

By student background (4 years)

All students
40%
Low-income (Pell)
37%
First-generation
41%

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
Yes
Dorm capacity
585
Dorm capacity vs undergrads
97%
Application fee
Free
Athletics
NCCAA Division II
Varsity athletes
73 (42 men · 31 women)

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%.

Varsity sports (4)

Basketball27
Soccer18
Cross Country16
Volleyball12

Athlete counts per sport, Equity in Athletics data, 2024–25.

Campus safety

Safety grade
C
Reported offenses per 1,000 students
2.7 / year
Violent offenses (2022–2024)
1
Property offenses (2022–2024)
5

On-campus criminal offenses reported under the Clery Act, 2022–2024, across 1 campus (736 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.

Reported offenses in an average year

The same 2022–2024 Clery Act reports, divided down to one year.

2.0reported offenses a year
0.3 violent a year1.7 property a year

By offense type, per year

Burglary
1.7
Fondling
0.3

Averages, not a forecast — a single year can run well above or below this. Bars are scaled against this campus's most-reported offense, so they compare types here rather than against other schools.

What you'll actually pay, by family income

Average net price (total cost minus grants and scholarships) paid by aided students in each family-income band.

< $30k
$17,900
$30–48k
$15,098
$48–75k
$19,463
$75–110k
$21,083
$110k+
$22,451

College Scorecard / IPEDS, most recent year. Family income is total household income; net price covers tuition, fees, room, board and supplies after grant aid, for students receiving federal aid.

Four-year (or more) true cost

Net price for your family's income, projected across the time it actually takes students here to graduate.

Est. total to a degree
$88,555

$19,463/year × about 4.5 years — most students here don't finish in exactly four, and each extra term adds cost. A planning estimate from net-price and graduation-timing data, not a bill.

Does the school pay you to attend?

Grant aid from the school's own funds — the discount off sticker, on top of any federal or state help.

100%
of first-years get a grant from the school
$5,474
average award, among those who get one

Modest institutional aid: 100% of freshmen get a grant from the school, averaging $5,474. Most of what lowers the price here is federal or state money, not the school's own funds.

Blends need-based and merit aid — IPEDS doesn't split the two, so a high number can mean generous merit scholarships, deep need-based aid, or both. Figures cover 142 full-time first-year undergraduates, 2022–23. Source: IPEDS Student Financial Aid.

Is it worth it?

A rough return-on-investment read from what graduates earn versus what they borrow.

Median earnings (10 years)
$41,297
Typical debt at graduation
$16,772
Debt vs. one year's pay
41%
Out-earn a HS grad
40%

Typical debt would take roughly 4.1 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
$34,805
Men
$46,445

Men out-earn women by $11,640 (33%) 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
90°F
Winter low
25°F
Annual rain
45.6″
Annual snow
8.1″

Average temperature

HighLow
20°60°100°JFMAMJJASOND

Average precipitation (inches)

0.03.36.6JFMAMJJASOND

NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Joplin Regional Airport, MO US station (3 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.

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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.