Ozarka College Business Programs

Located in Melbourne, Arkansas, Ozarka College is a public institution. Students who love country life may enjoy the rural location of Ozarka College.

Where Is Ozarka College?

Contact details for Ozarka College are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	218 College Dr, Melbourne, AR 72556-0010
Phone:	870-368-7371
Website:	www.ozarka.edu

How Do I Get Into Ozarka College?

You can apply to Ozarka College online at: https://otc.ozarka.edu/application/online_app_Start.cfm

As long as you submit the requested materials to Ozarka College when applying, you shouldn't have to worry about getting in since the school has an open admissions policy.

Can I Afford Ozarka College?

Student Loan Debt

It's not uncommon for college students to take out loans to pay for school. In fact, almost 66% of students nationwide depend at least partially on loans. At Ozarka College, approximately 16% of students took out student loans averaging $4,105 a year. That adds up to $16,420 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at Ozarka College is 11.5%. This is higher than the national default rate of 10.1% so you should proceed with caution when taking out student loans.

Ozarka College Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 1,033 undergraduate students at Ozarka College, with 522 being full-time and 511 being part-time.

Gender Diversity

Of the 522 full-time undergraduates at Ozarka College, 27% are male and 73% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	4
Black or African American	5
Hispanic or Latino	9
White	499
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	5

Online Learning at Ozarka College

In 2019-2020, 695 students took at least one online class at the school.

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

This school is the 17th most popular in Arkansas for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2019-2020.

Online Growth Rankings of Ozarka College

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Ozarka College was 10.6%. This is the #1,207 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at Ozarka College regardless of major.

The table below shows how the average growth rate over 4 years at Ozarka College ranks compared to all other partially online schools that offer a specific major. Note that the majors may or may not be offered online at Ozarka College.

Major	Growth Rate Rank
General Administrative Assistant and Secretarial Science	#144
Business Support & Assistant Services	#220
General Business/Commerce	#249
General Business/Commerce	#249

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%.

Ozarka College Business Concentrations

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

Major	Basic Certificate	Associate’s	Undergraduate Certificate	TOTAL
General Business/Commerce	4	2	4	10
Agribusiness/Agricultural Business Operations	0	4	0	4
Business Management & Marketing	2	0	0	2
General Administrative Assistant and Secretarial Science	0	2	0	2
Agricultural Business	0	0	0	0
TOTAL	6	8	4	18

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.