+12%
Out-of-state tuition
Out-of-state tuition at College of the Ozarks rose 12% between 2021 and 2024 ($20.0k → $22.3k).
Missouri · Private nonprofit · Predominantly bachelor's
College of the Ozarks
Point Lookout, Missouri. 1,415 undergraduate students. 52 programs in the federal Field-of-Study dataset.
ANOMALY ENGINE · NOTABLE SIGNALS
What the data flags at College of the Ozarks
Short-arc shifts (recent 3-year window), peer outliers, earnings trend breaks, completion drops, enrollment cliffs, and debt-to-earnings warnings — surfaced deterministically from the federal record. Multi-decade shifts are reported separately in the Long Arc section, since 25-year tuition drift isn't really an anomaly.
+15%
First-year retention
First-year retention at College of the Ozarks rose 15% between 2021 and 2024 (78.3% → 90.2%).
-14%
Median federal debt at exit
Median federal debt at exit at College of the Ozarks fell 14% between 1997 and 1998 ($2.1k → $1.8k).
SECTION 01 · OUTCOMES SNAPSHOT
The numbers, vs. Missouri
Each tile compares this institution to the Missouri median for the same metric. Sub-line shows the comparison value, not an interpretation. Sparklines trace the federally available history.
$41,592+14% · 6→10y
Missouri median $40,979$36,507
Treasury earnings · 6y post-entry61.3%+105% · '97→'24
Missouri median 59.3%—-14% · '97→'98
At program completion1,415-6% · '96→'24
latest IPEDS88.3%+14% · '04→'24
first-time, full-time14.9%-18% · '01→'24
latest cohort$21,290+11227% · '00→'09
out-of-state $21,290SECTION 02 · EARNINGS HORIZONS
How earnings spread, 4 to 10 years after entry
Treasury tax-record earnings for federally aided students who first enrolled at this institution. Each point is a horizon from the most-recent vintage. Single median per horizon (no p25/p75 publishing).
Earnings widen with time post-entry. Selection: federal-aid recipients only — not all graduates.Methodology →
SECTION 04 · LONG ARC
Ten-plus year arc
Federally available history. Coverage varies by metric — IPEDS publishes some series only after 2009 and others only before.
Undergraduate enrollment.
150%-time completion rate.
Median federal student debt at exit.
+105%
College of the Ozarks · completion · 150% rose
31.0% → 63.7%
+232%
College of the Ozarks · completion · 100% rose
14.7% → 48.7%
+14%
College of the Ozarks · retention rose
79.0% → 90.2%
+1684%
College of the Ozarks · in-state tuition rose
$150 → $16,990
+2217%
College of the Ozarks · out-of-state tuition rose
$150 → $22,320
+35%
College of the Ozarks · earnings_median_10yr rose
$30,800 → $41,592
+40%
College of the Ozarks · earnings_median_8yr rose
$28,600 → $40,008
+41%
College of the Ozarks · earnings_median_6yr rose
$25,900 → $36,507
SECTION 05 · PROGRAMS
Ranked by 5-year earnings
Each row is one (CIP × credential) program reported by the institution in College Scorecard's Field-of-Study data. Cohort floor is 30 students; below this, federal data is suppressed.
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing.$65,255Business Administration, Management and Operations.$52,838Agricultural Business and Management.$49,556Criminal Justice and Corrections.$42,683Animal Sciences.$39,573Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication.$37,116Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas.$30,444Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods.$29,102
SECTION 06 · BY CIP FAMILY
8 programs with earnings, grouped
Programs are grouped by 2-digit CIP family. Programs without reported earnings are hidden to keep the list focused.
EDUCATION · CIP 13
HOMELAND SECURITY & PROTECTIVE SERVICES · CIP 43
HEALTH PROFESSIONS · CIP 51
BUSINESS, MANAGEMENT & MARKETING · CIP 52
AGRICULTURE · CIP 01
COMMUNICATION & JOURNALISM · CIP 09
FINANCIAL OUTCOME · ILLUSTRATION
Estimate the financial outcome at College of the Ozarks
Pick a program. Cost from Scorecard net price by family income; earnings from Treasury 5-year-post-completion median, projected forward with a Mincer age-earnings curve. The selection-bias toggle applies the Dale-Krueger shrinkage. Outcomes illustration, not a forecast — see methodology.
Shrinks the earnings premium toward the matched-applicant mean. STEM <15%, business ~40%, arts & education ~60%.
NET PRESENT VALUE
$334,521
Over 40 years, discounted 5.0%
BREAKEVEN
Year 9
First year cumulative discounted earnings cross zero
- Cost per year
- $7,275
- HS-only baseline · MO
- $35,100
- Years to complete
- 4
- CIP family
- 52
Outcomes illustration · not a forecast. Projects observed Scorecard earnings forward with a Mincer age-earnings curve under your assumptions. See methodology for the math.
SECTION 07 · SIMILAR INSTITUTIONS
Same sector and degree mix in Missouri
Picked by Carnegie sector × predominant credential level. These are not rankings — just nearest-neighbour surfaces for comparison.
CAUSAL DISCIPLINE
“College of the Ozarks graduates earn $X” — not “College of the Ozarks makes you earn $X”
Median earnings describe what cohorts earned. They do not describe what attending College of the Ozarks caused. Selection effects (who admits, who enrolls, who completes) are real. We publish federal data with strict descriptive phrasing — and link the methodology where you can read about the limitations directly.