Cottey College Overview

Located in Nevada, Missouri, Cottey College is a private not-for-profit institution. The location of Cottey College is a good match for students who are interested in living in a college town while they pursue their degree.

What Is Cottey College Known For?

• Students at Cottey College may have an easier time interacting with their teachers since the student to faculty ratio at the school is 7 to 1.
• Students at Cottey College have an easier time paying back their loans. The school's student loan default rate is only 2%, compared to the national rate of 10.1%.
• Although it may not be available for every major, the bachelor's degree is the highest award a student can attain at Cottey College.
• For the <nil> academic year, 88% of the faculty were full-time.
• It takes the average Cottey College student 4.1 years to graduate. This is pretty good when compared to the national rate of 4.4 years.

Where Is Cottey College?

Contact details for Cottey College are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	1000 W Austin, Nevada, MO 64772
Phone:	417-667-8181
Website:	www.cottey.edu

How Do I Get Into Cottey College?

You can apply to Cottey College online at: https://www.cottey.edu/admission/apply/

Admission Requirements for Cottey College

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	Required
High School Rank	Recommended
High School Transcript	Required
College Prep Program	Required
Recommendations	Considered but not required
SAT or ACT Scores	Considered but not required
TOEFL	Required

How Hard Is It To Get Into Cottey College?

With an acceptance rate of 61%, Cottey College does not let just anybody through their doors! Make sure you spend enough time polishing up your application so you will make a great impression.

Average Test Scores

About 6% of students accepted to Cottey College submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 510 and 580. Math scores were between 520 and 540.

Cottey College received ACT scores from 36% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 15 and 27. Math scores were between 17 and 23. Composite scores were between 18 and 25.

Can I Afford Cottey College?

The overall average net price of Cottey College is $15,268. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group.

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.

Student Loan Debt

It's not uncommon for college students to take out loans to pay for school. In fact, almost 66% of students nationwide depend at least partially on loans. At Cottey College, approximately 46% of students took out student loans averaging $4,781 a year. That adds up to $19,124 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at Cottey College is 2.2%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.

Cottey College Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 303 undergraduate students at Cottey College, with 302 being full-time and 1 being part-time.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Cottey College students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	7
Black or African American	14
Hispanic or Latino	37
White	207
International Students	24
Other Races/Ethnicities	13

Geographic Diversity

Missouri students aren't the only ones who study at Cottey College. At this time, 25 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 27 countries are represented at Cottey College. The most popular countries sending students to the school are Nigeria, Zimbabwe, and Ethiopia.

Online Learning at Cottey College

In 2020-2021, 13 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at Cottey College has changed over the last few years.

Online Growth Rankings of Cottey College

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Cottey College was 775.0%. This is the #114 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at Cottey College regardless of major.

When we speak of partially online, we are referring to schools whose online population is less than 50% of its total student body. Mostly online refers to those with online populations greater than or equal to 50%.

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics

More about our data sources and methodologies.