Ottawa University - Ottawa Overview

Ottawa University - Ottawa is a private not-for-profit institution situated in Ottawa, Kansas. Ottawa is a great place for students who enjoy small town life.

What Is Ottawa University - Ottawa Known For?

• The 2% student loan default rate at Ottawa is better than the national rate of 10.1%. That's a good sign that you may be able to pay off student loans easier than your peers at other schools can.
• Although it may not be available for every major, the doctor's degree is the highest award a student can attain at Ottawa.
• For the <nil> academic year, 93% of the faculty were full-time.
• After graduation, Ottawa bachelor's degree recipients go on to jobs where they make $48,846 a year. That's about 20% more than their peers at other schools.
• On average, it takes about 4.2 years for students from Ottawa to earn a bachelor's degree. This is excellent when compared to the average of 4.4 years.

Where Is Ottawa University - Ottawa?

Contact details for Ottawa are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	1001 South Cedar, Ottawa, KS 66067-3399
Phone:	785-242-5200
Website:	www.ottawa.edu

How Do I Get Into Ottawa?

You can apply to Ottawa online at: https://www.ottawa.edu/apply-now

Admission Requirements for Ottawa

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

How Hard Is It To Get Into Ottawa?

With an acceptance rate of 67%, Ottawa 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.

Approximately 64% of accepted students are men and 36% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 77%, and the acceptance rate for women is 73%.

Average Test Scores

About 2% of students accepted to Ottawa submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 410 and 590. Math scores were between 390 and 570.

Ottawa received ACT scores from 22% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 13 and 17. Math scores were between 16 and 18. Composite scores were between 16 and 19.

Can I Afford Ottawa University - Ottawa?

The overall average net price of Ottawa is $28,680. 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

Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. At Ottawa, approximately 97% of students took out student loans averaging $8,492 a year. That adds up to $33,968 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at Ottawa is 1.9%. 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.

Ottawa University - Ottawa Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 786 undergraduate students at Ottawa, with 728 being full-time and 58 being part-time.

There are also 93 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 728 full-time undergraduates at Ottawa, 59% are male and 41% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Ottawa University - Ottawa students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	9
Black or African American	43
Hispanic or Latino	103
White	430
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	143

Geographic Diversity

Kansas students aren't the only ones who study at Ottawa University - Ottawa. At this time, 16 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Online Learning at Ottawa University - Ottawa

In 2020-2021, 879 students took at least one online class at the school.

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

This school is the 28th most popular in Kansas for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2020-2021.

Online Growth Rankings of Ottawa

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Ottawa University - Ottawa was 19.3%. This is the #1,089 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at Ottawa 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 Ichabod under License

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