by our College Data Analytics TeamHard Work U earned 12 ranking badges in the 2027 College Factual rankings: 2 in the top 1%, 4 in the top 5%, 3 in the top 10% and 3 in the top 15% of the schools in each ranking. Its highest placement is #9 of 5,473 in Economic Diversity, a top 1% award.
Key facts
Source: IPEDS 2025; College Scorecard July 2026; College Factual rankings 2027. Data as of: July 2026.
College of the Ozarks holds 12 ranking badges across 4 fields of study, 6 of them in the top 5% or better; each badge is an award for placing in the top 15% of a ranking. It has no placements this edition in College Factual’s athletics or online-program rankings. We update our rankings throughout the year as new data becomes available. Placements shown are from the 2027 edition. The tier columns show the best placement reached in each ranking. See our data sources and methodologies. Want to feature these awards on your college’s site? Administrators can contact us.
| Award Level | Badges |
|---|---|
| Top 1% | 2 |
| Top 5% | 4 |
| Top 10% | 3 |
| Top 15% | 3 |
| Total | 12 |
College of the Ozarks is best known for Natural Resources & Conservation: 2 of its 12 traditional-student awards are in that field. Its top-ranked majors include Wildlife Management, General Engineering and Journalism.
| Ranking | Top 15% | Top 10% | Top 5% | Top 1% |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Best for the Money | ✓ | |||
| Best for the Money (The Plains States) | ✓ | |||
| Best for the Money (Missouri) | ✓ | |||
| Economic Diversity | ✓ | |||
| Economic Diversity (The Plains States) | ✓ | |||
| Economic Diversity (Missouri) | ✓ |
| Ranking | Top 15% | Top 10% | Top 5% | Top 1% |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Journalism | ||||
| Most Focused | ✓ |
| Ranking | Top 15% | Top 10% | Top 5% | Top 1% |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Best Value | ✓ | |||
| General Engineering | ||||
| Most Focused | ✓ |
| Ranking | Top 15% | Top 10% | Top 5% | Top 1% |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Best Value | ✓ | |||
| Wildlife Management | ||||
| Best Value | ✓ |
| Ranking | Top 15% | Top 10% | Top 5% | Top 1% |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Social Work | ||||
| Best Value | ✓ |
College of the Ozarks earned no veterans badge in the 2027 edition; its highest placement in College Factual’s veterans rankings is #961 of 4,939 in Best for Veterans (top 20%).
Badges on this page come from rankings grounded in U.S. Department of Education data, 2027 edition. College of the Ozarks appears in 80 of the College Factual rankings covered on this page.
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