Ottawa University

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Ours is an institution with a proud 150-year heritage of educating adults and students of traditional ages for lifetimes of faith, service, leadership, and significance. From our founding in 1865 in Ottawa, Kansas, we have grown to an institution today that serves over 4,000 students through our residential campuses in Ottawa, KS, and Surprise, AZ, our adult and graduate studies campuses in Phoenix, Milwaukee, Kansas City, and online. We offer a robust curriculum at the undergraduate and graduate levels, which is continually being updated and enhanced to make the most significant possible impact on our students' lives.
We are student-centered, rooted firmly in teaching excellence, value-priced, and technology-enabled. We expect to be an extraordinarily useful and distinctive institution of higher learning, which is pursuing its mission within caring, Christ-inspired communities of grace characterized by collegiality, openness, and inclusiveness.
Whether you are a prospective student, alumnus, donor, friend, trustee, or associate of the University, you will find in this website a wealth of information. Enjoy navigating it, and let us know how we can be of service to you. It will be our pleasure and honor.
Building on its foundation as a Christ-inspired community of grace and open inquiry, Ottawa University prepares professional and liberal arts graduates for lifetimes of personal significance, vocational fulfillment, and service to God and humanity.
By 2020, Ottawa University will be positioned as a distinctive and rapidly expanding institution known for its innovative educational models, exceptional value, and remarkable ability to prepare diverse student populations for lifetimes of enlightened faith, exemplary service, inspired leadership, and personal significance.
Committed to academic excellence, Ottawa University features four schools with exceptional academic programs, including the School of Arts and Sciences, the Angell Snyder School of Business, the School of Education, and the School of Health and Applied Sciences. A dean and their respective faculty lead each school. Our faculty creates industry-leading courses with dynamic, fresh content to prepare students for a life of significance. Each professor is student-centric with a passion for teaching and instructing students. Learning outcomes and behaviors inspire and motivate our faculty. Student successes and accomplishments are the results of deeply dedicated and highly devoted professors and their passions.
Your journey to the top of the business world starts here. Learn more about our degree programs in fields like Accounting, Finance, Marketing, and more. Our students dare to dream big, challenge themselves, and work tirelessly to achieve their goals. Join them in our School of Arts and Sciences. At Ottawa, you can prepare for a career that allows you to change the world, one student at a time. Take the first step in our School of Education.
The easiest way to begin your admissions process is to contact an Enrollment Advisor to introduce you to your student success team. Your student success team consists of an enrollment advisor, academic advisor, and financial advisor at Ottawa University. Each advisor is uniquely qualified to advise you on the admissions process, academic progress, and financial assistance. Your enrollment advisor is the first conversation, and he/she will introduce you to the rest of your student success team (SST).
Take advantage of your college credits and credentials! To start your admissions process, contact an Enrollment Advisor to review the admissions requirements and your career ambitions, work experience, prior college credits, and other life experiences that you can apply toward your degree program completion. We have a generous transfer credit policy, transferring and accepting up to 80 hours toward a 124-hour degree program. You can contact an Enrollment Advisor by completing the request information form. An enrollment advisor will call you to set-up a Professional College Advisory Session.
A graduate degree from Ottawa University could prepare you for more responsibility and accelerate your lifetime earnings potential. Research demonstrates that a graduate degree can lead to $2.5 million in lifetime earnings on average vs. $1.2 million for just a high school graduate degree. Start investing in yourself and your future today.
To start your admissions process, contact an Enrollment Advisor to review the admissions requirements, as well as your career aims, college credits, and other professional achievements that you can apply toward your graduate degree program.
You can contact an Enrollment Advisor by completing the request information form. An enrollment advisor will call you to set-up a Professional College Advisory Session.
At Ottawa University, we have observed that international students like you energize and invigorate student interactions. You have global experiences and perspectives to bring to the classroom and coursework. We are thrilled you are interested in studying at Ottawa University. You will feel right at home, surrounded by hospitable and friendly faculty and students. When you attend Ottawa University, you can meet new student colleagues, benefit from national and local alumni, and tap into a vast network of over 5,000 international alumni.
With a college education, you can get on the path toward career advancement and more significant earning potential. At Ottawa University, we are here to help you access various financial aid programs, allowing you to invest in your education – and yourself. In addition to traditional forms of financial aid, such as scholarships, grants, and loans, you may be eligible for other sources of assistance, including military or employer reimbursement funding. Our Financial Services department is happy to help you find the right financial aid sources for your life. Read below for more resources regarding tuition costs and financial aid.

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