Academics
Majors and faculty
The most popular major is Business Administration and Management, General (14% of graduates). 14 students for every faculty member, more than at 58% of colleges. 96% of faculty are full-time. Spends $15,061 a year on instruction per student.
Most popular majors
180 bachelor's degrees, 2024–25 graduates
The top 5 programs account for 59% of graduates; 21 programs in 15 fields awarded at least one.
- Business Administration and Management, General 52.020114% 26Graduates in this field earn $50,789 4 years out
- Biology/Biological Sciences, General 26.010113% 23Graduates in this field earn $46,151 4 years out
- Public Health Education and Promotion 51.220713% 23Graduates in this field earn $49,174 4 years out
- Psychology, General 42.010112% 22
- Mass Communication/Media Studies 09.01026.7% 12
Bachelor's degrees awarded July through June, by federal program name (), which can differ from what the college calls a major. A double major counts once, under the ; its other field is a . Earnings are College Scorecard's median for graduates of the program's broader field (), 4 years after completion; see Top-earning majors below.
Top-earning majors here
By earnings 4 years after completion
Business Administration, Management and Operations$50,789 4 yrs out
1 year after completion: $35,373
4 years after completion$50,789National median: $68,257Below typicalMedian federal debt: $17,321 · 123 graduates, two most recent years combined
Public Health$49,174 4 yrs out
1 year after completion: $32,564
4 years after completion$49,174National median: $58,808Below typicalMedian federal debt: $19,500 · 46 graduates, two most recent years combined
Biology, General$46,151 4 yrs out
1 year after completion: $27,992
4 years after completion$46,151National median: $57,214Below typicalMedian federal debt: $19,750 · 32 graduates, two most recent years combined
Bachelor's programs only, among graduates who received federal financial aid and were working (not enrolled in school) in the measurement year.
The college also reports 15 to 1 in its Common Data Set (789 students, 51 faculty).
Not the average class size: faculty also teach graduate students and do research, and large lectures can sit alongside small seminars.
Programs & curriculum
- Accelerated program
- Cross-registration
- Distance learning
- Double major
- Dual enrollment
- Independent study
- Internships
- Teacher certification
- Study abroad
- Undergraduate research
Requires coursework in English composition and math.
$56,080
9-month equated, all ranks combined. Pay tracks local cost of living as much as a college's generosity.
Spending and endowment
Fiscal 2023–24. Compared only against other private nonprofit colleges: public and private colleges report finances on different accounting forms that aren't comparable.
Sources:IPEDS Completions survey (degrees awarded by field), 2024–25 graduates;College Scorecard Field of Study data, most recent release;IPEDS Fall Enrollment survey (part D), Fall 2024;IPEDS Salaries survey (SAL, instructional staff, all ranks), Fall 2024;College Scorecard, Fall 2024;IPEDS Finance survey, derived per-student figures, 2023–24;University of the Ozarks Common Data Set 2025–26, Fall 2025;University of the Ozarks Common Data Set 2025–26, 2025–26;IPEDS Institutional Characteristics survey (athletics, programs, services, religious affiliation), 2025–26About the data(retrieved 2026-10-12)
