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#1 Best Undergraduate Teaching
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#1 Best Value Schools
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#3 Regional Colleges Midwest
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#1 Most Innovative Schools
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#1 Top Performers on Social Mobility
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#76 First-Year Experiences
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#16 Service Learning
College of the Ozarks is ranked #3 in Regional Colleges Midwest. Schools are ranked according to their performance across a set of widely accepted indicators of excellence. Read more about how we rank schools.
U.S. News Overall Score
Score
92
Outcomes (35%)
Outcomes rank
1
Graduation and retention rank
6
Average 6-year graduation rate (17.6%)
70%
Average first-year student retention rate (4.4%)
74%
Social Mobility Rank
1
6-year graduation rate of students who received a Pell Grant (2.5%)
66%
6-year graduation rate of students who did not receive a Pell Grant (2.5%)
66%
Predicted graduation rate (8%)
51%
Overperformance(+)/Underperformance(-)
15
Expert Opinion (20%)
Peer assessment score (out of 5)
3.7
Faculty Resources (20%)
Faculty resources rank
48
Faculty compensation rank (7%)
11
Percent of faculty who are full-time (1%)
85.5%
Full-time faculty with Ph.D or terminal degree (3%)
65%
Class Size Index (8%)
Classes with fewer than 20 students
51.2%
Classes with 50 or more students
2%
Student-faculty ratio (1%)
15:1
Student Excellence (10%)
Student excellence rank
5
SAT/ACT 25th-75th percentile (7.75%)
21-26
First-year students in top 25 percent of high school class (2.25%)
46%
Financial Resources (10%)
Financial resources rank
25
Alumni Giving (5%)
Alumni giving rank
4
Average alumni giving rate
19.9%
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Ranking Factors
- U.S. News Overall Score
- Outcomes (35%)
- Expert Opinion (20%)
- Faculty Resources (20%)
- Student Excellence (10%)
- Financial Resources (10%)
- Alumni Giving (5%)
