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Ozarks Technical Community College

Springfield, MO3,140 online only

Ozarks Technical Community College is a public community college in Springfield, MO, with about 7,896 students on campus and 3,140 more studying only online.

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Students on campus
7,896
plus 3,140 studying only online
Admission rate
Open
open enrollment
Net price a year
$6,936
tuition and fees $4,512; the net price adds housing and food
Graduation rate
33%
Earnings, 10 yrs later
$36,455
lower than at 64% of U.S. colleges
Getting in

How hard is it to get into Ozarks Technical Community College?

Open

anyone with a high school diploma can enroll

Test scores of admitted students

No SAT or ACT ranges reported. Ozarks Technical Community College is likely test-optional.

What it costs

The sticker price, and what families really pay

Sticker price: $13,188 a year

Before any grants · out-of-state tuition $7,200

Tuition & fees (in state) $4,512Books & supplies $800Other costs $7,876

After grants, the average family on aid pays $6,936.

Tuition and fees are $4,512 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

$7,766

About $15,532 over 2 years · 41% off the sticker price

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

Do students finish, and does it pay off?

Graduate
33%
within 1½ times the normal program length
Come back for year two
100%
full-time first-year students
Earnings, 10 years later
$36,455
median, students on federal aid
Typical debt
$10,453
about $111 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

4.1%
0%10%: a common comfort line25%

$111 a month against about $2,710 a month in pay.

Paying back loans

Federal student loans, this college

35%

of borrowers paid down at least some of their loan within three years, more than at 28% 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).

Earnings by family background

Median earnings 10 years after starting, by family income at enrollment

Lower incomeunder $30k
$34k
Middle income$30–75k
$40k
Higher incomeover $75k
$44k
Majors

What students study, and what it pays

Share of degrees by field

Health professions 23%Liberal arts 21%Business 11%Mechanic & repair 8%Computer science 6%Education 4%Everything else 27%

Associate degree programs with the most graduates

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

Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities467 graduates a year · typical debt $10,493
$40k4 yrs out
Business Administration, Management and Operations146 graduates a year · typical debt $11,050
$50k4 yrs out
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas71 graduates a year · typical debt $9,749
$34k4 yrs out
Dental Support Services and Allied Professions49 graduates a year · typical debt $8,216
$54k4 yrs out
Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions46 graduates a year · typical debt $14,512
$60k4 yrs out
Accounting and Related Services45 graduates a year · typical debt $23,429
$36k4 yrs out
Criminal Justice and Corrections43 graduates a year
—not reported
Electrical and Power Transmission Installers39 graduates a year
—not reported
Who goes there

The students

8,165 degree-seeking undergraduates.

By race and ethnicity

White 79%Hispanic 8%Black 3%Asian 2%Two or more 6%

Women and men

Women 58%Men 42%
18 : 1
students per teacher
38%
get Pell grants (lower income)
18%
take federal loans
24%
undergrads 25 or older
44%
study part time
The town around it

Living in Springfield

12% of Springfield’s 169,847 residents are enrolled in college. What the town is like, from TownRatings’ Springfield pages.

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Nearby

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

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29.2 mi132 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.