Cottey College Business Programs

Cottey College is a private not-for-profit institution situated in Nevada, Missouri. Nevada is a good match for students who enjoy small-town life.

Where Is Cottey College?

Contact details for Cottey College are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	1000 W Austin, Nevada, MO 64772
Phone:	417-667-8181
Website:	www.cottey.edu

How Do I Get Into Cottey College?

You can apply to Cottey College online at: https://www.cottey.edu/admission/apply/

Admission Requirements for Cottey College

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

How Hard Is It To Get Into Cottey College?

Cottey College has an acceptance rate of 61%, which means it is fairly selective. Take that into account when you are working on your application and gathering requested materials. Do what you can to stand out among other applicants.

Average Test Scores

About 28% of students accepted to Cottey College submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 530 and 620. Math scores were between 470 and 580.

Cottey College received ACT scores from 69% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 19 and 24. Math scores were between 17 and 23. Composite scores were between 19 and 24.

Can I Afford Cottey College?

The overall average net price of Cottey College is $15,268. 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 Cottey College, approximately 55% of students took out student loans averaging $4,920 a year. That adds up to $19,680 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at Cottey College is 6.7%. Although this is lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, you'll still want to keep this in mind when taking out student loans.

Cottey College Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 283 undergraduate students at Cottey College, with 278 being full-time and 5 being part-time.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Cottey College students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	2
Black or African American	14
Hispanic or Latino	31
White	195
International Students	26
Other Races/Ethnicities	10

Geographic Diversity

Missouri students aren't the only ones who study at Cottey College. At this time, 25 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 27 countries are represented at Cottey College. The most popular countries sending students to the school are Nigeria, Zimbabwe, and Ethiopia.

Online Learning at Cottey College

In 2019-2020, 32 students took at least one online class at the school.

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

Online Growth Rankings of Cottey College

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Cottey College was 775.0%. This is the #89 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at Cottey College 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%.

Cottey College Business Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major	Bachelor’s	TOTAL
General Business Administration and Management	4	4
International Business/Trade/Commerce	4	4
Organizational Leadership	2	2
TOTAL	10	10

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

More about our data sources and methodologies.