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Ozarks Technical Community College is a public institution located in Springfield, Missouri. The surrounding area of the school is a good match for students who enjoy city life.

Where Is Ozarks Technical Community College?

Contact details for OTC are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	1001 E. Chestnut Expressway, Springfield, MO 65802
Phone:	417-447-7500
Website:	www.otc.edu

Can I Afford OTC?

For the <nil> academic year, part-time OTC students paid $171 per credit hour if they lived in-state. Out-of-state students paid $219 per credit hour. The costs for full-time students are given in the table below.

	In State	Out of State
Tuition	$4,104	$5,256
Fees	$1,112	$1,112
Books and Supplies	$800	$800

Student Loan Debt

While almost two-thirds of students nationwide take out loans to pay for college, the percentage may be quite different for the school you plan on attending. At OTC, approximately 57% of students took out student loans averaging $1,294 a year. That adds up to $5,176 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at OTC is 1.7%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.

Ozarks Technical Community College Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 10,506 undergraduate students at OTC, with 4,901 being full-time and 5,605 being part-time.

Gender Diversity

Of the 4,901 full-time undergraduates at OTC, 42% are male and 58% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Ozarks Technical Community College students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	78
Black or African American	127
Hispanic or Latino	318
White	4,014
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	364

Over 23 countries are represented at OTC. The most popular countries sending students to the school are Vietnam, South Korea, and China.

Online Learning at Ozarks Technical Community College

In 2020-2021, 5,574 students took at least one online class at the school.

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

This school is the 13th most popular in Missouri for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2020-2021.

Online Growth Rankings of OTC

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Ozarks Technical Community College was -3.5%. This is the #1,679 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at OTC 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%.

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.