Cox College Overview

Cox College is a private not-for-profit institution located in Springfield, Missouri. The surrounding area of the school is a good match for students who enjoy city life.

What Is Cox College Known For?

• Students at Cox College may have an easier time interacting with their teachers since the student to faculty ratio at the school is 9 to 1.
• Students at Cox College have an easier time paying back their loans. The school's student loan default rate is only 1%, compared to the national rate of 10.1%.
• Although it may not be available for every major, the post-master's certificate is the highest award a student can attain at Cox College.
• For the <nil> academic year, 65% of the faculty were full-time.
• After graduation, Cox College bachelor's degree recipients go on to jobs where they make $55,545 a year. That's about 36% more than their peers at other schools.

Where Is Cox College?

Contact details for Cox College are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	1423 N Jefferson, Springfield, MO 65802-1917
Phone:	417-269-3401
Website:	coxcollege.edu

How Do I Get Into Cox College?

You can apply to Cox College online at: https://coxcollege.edu/applications/

Admission Requirements for Cox College

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	Required
High School Rank	Neither required nor recommended
High School Transcript	Required
College Prep Program	Neither required nor recommended
Recommendations	Neither required nor recommended
SAT or ACT Scores	Recommended
TOEFL	Neither required nor recommended

How Hard Is It To Get Into Cox College?

You'll need to do what you can to make your application stand out if you plan to apply to Cox College. The school screens its applicants carefully and has a fairly low acceptance rate of 39%. So, don't just throw your admission packet together at the last minute!

Approximately 15% of accepted students are men and 85% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 100%, and the acceptance rate for women is 35%.

Can I Afford Cox College?

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 Cox College, approximately 100% of students took out student loans averaging $9,500 a year. That adds up to $38,000 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at Cox College is 0.8%. 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.

Cox College Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 749 undergraduate students at Cox College, with 367 being full-time and 382 being part-time.

There are also 207 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 367 full-time undergraduates at Cox College, 15% are male and 85% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	8
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	7
White	317
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	32

Online Learning at Cox College

There are 3 bachelor’s degree and 9 master’s degree programs available online at Cox College. In 2020-2021, 947 students took at least one online class at the school.

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

This school is the 29th most popular in Missouri for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2020-2021.

Online Growth Rankings of Cox College

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Cox College was -0.7%. This is the #1,859 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at Cox 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
• Image Credit: By Jenny SvennĂĽs-Gillner, SLU under License

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