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Community college · Public

Ozarka College

Melbourne, AR377 online only

Ozarka College is a public community college in Melbourne, AR, with about 636 students on campus.

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Students on campus
636
plus 377 studying only online
Admission rate
Open
open enrollment
Net price a year
$4,543
tuition and fees $3,820; the net price adds housing and food
Graduation rate
47%
lower than at 71% of 2-year colleges
Earnings, 10 yrs later
$29,314
lower than at 82% of U.S. colleges
In brief

What to know about Ozarka College

Rent in Melbourne is below the state median

Median rent in Melbourne is $601 a month, 37% below the state median. Living in Melbourne ↓

Ozarka College focuses on health professions

47% of the degrees Ozarka College awards are in health professions; the next biggest field, precision production, is 12%. Majors ↓

This summary is written from the data on this page. Figures are from the U.S. Department of Education’s College Scorecard.

★ What stands out · Majors

What students study, and what it pays

Share of degrees by field

Health professions 47%Precision production 12%Transportation 10%Mechanic & repair 7%Culinary & personal services 6%Liberal arts 6%Everything else 12%

Associate degree programs with the most graduates

And their graduates’ median earnings four years later (one year where that’s all that’s reported).

Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, General53 graduates a year
—not reported
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing35 graduates a year · typical debt $9,384
—not reported
Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities27 graduates a year
—not reported
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods17 graduates a year
—not reported
Business/Commerce, General8 graduates a year
—not reported
Air Transportation7 graduates a year
—not reported
Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies/Technicians6 graduates a year
—not reported
Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions6 graduates a year
—not reported
Getting in

How hard is it to get into Ozarka College?

Open

anyone with a high school diploma can enroll

Test scores of admitted students

No SAT or ACT ranges reported. Ozarka College is likely test-optional.

What it costs

The sticker price, and what families really pay

Sticker price: $12,069 a year

Before any grants · out-of-state tuition $6,820

Tuition & fees (in state) $3,820Room & board $5,700Books & supplies $1,100Other costs $1,449

After grants, the average family on aid pays $4,543.

Tuition and fees are $3,820 a year. The net price also counts housing, food and other costs at full price, so a student living at home pays less than it shows.

Your family’s price

Average net price after grants, by family income

$6,439

About $12,878 over 2 years · 47% off the sticker price

Under $30k$30–48k$48–75k$75–110kOver $110k
Outcomes

Do students finish, and does it pay off?

Graduate
47%
within 3 years · Pell students 38%
Come back for year two
64%
full-time first-year students
Earnings, 10 years later
$29,314
median, students on federal aid
Typical debt
$9,818
about $104 a month over 10 years

Debt vs. the paycheck

The typical loan payment as a share of a typical graduate’s monthly pay six years after starting

4.4%
0%10%: a common comfort line25%

$104 a month against about $2,345 a month in pay.

Paying back loans

Federal student loans, this college

36%

of borrowers paid down at least some of their loan within three years, more than at 30% of U.S. colleges.

Almost none defaulted within three years (payments on federal loans were paused from 2020 to 2023, so recent default rates are near zero everywhere).

Who goes there

The students

575 degree-seeking undergraduates.

By race and ethnicity

White 95%Hispanic 3%Black 1%

Women and men

Women 69%Men 31%
13 : 1
students per teacher
42%
get Pell grants (lower income)
13%
take federal loans
15%
undergrads 25 or older
28%
study part time
The town around it

Living in Melbourne

4% of Melbourne’s 1,892 residents are enrolled in college. What the town is like, from TownRatings’ Melbourne pages.

Melbourne →
MelbourneMelbourne, AR
$601/momedian rent · 37% below the state$177Ktypical home value27° / 89°January low / July high · 7" of snowD−Health GradeAll colleges in and near MelbourneCompare prices, admissions and outcomes
Nearby

Other colleges within 30 miles

Straight-line distances from Ozarka College; colleges with 100 or more students on campus.

University of Arkansas Community College-BatesvilleCommunity college · Public · Batesville
23.9 mi790 students
Lyon CollegeUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · Batesville
24.3 mi584 students

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Sources: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard (institution and field-of-study files) and IPEDS (Scorecard 06/10/2026 · IPEDS 2024 · fall 2023); town figures from the Census American Community Survey and NOAA climate normals. Graduation rates count first-time, full-time students; earnings and debt are for students who received federal aid. Distances are straight-line. Colleges are described, not graded (how TownRatings describes colleges). Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.