Ozarks Technical Community College

Springfield, MO 8,165 Undergrads 28.6% Grad Rate

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Total Cost

$13,188

Sticker Price

Avg Net Price

$6,936

After Aid

Median Earnings

$42,628

4yr Post-Grad

Vs. Peer Institutions

Net Price$6,936

Peer Midpoint: $9,847

Earnings (4yr Post-Grad)$42,628

Peer Midpoint: $50,127.5

Graduation Rate28.6%

Peer Midpoint: 34.6%

Socio-Economic Diversity

Pell Grant Recipients51.3%

Enrollment Status

Full-Time56.0%

Economic Outcomes

Earn More than HS55.5%

Admissions Profile

Acceptance

100.0%

SAT Avg

SAT Reading

25th: --75th: -

SAT Math

25th: --75th: -

ACT Composite

25th: --75th: -

ROI Sensitivity Analysis

This analysis tests three cost scenarios (Scholarship, Average Net Price, Full Sticker Price) to show how college costs impact your long-term return compared to the average student and a high school graduate.

Lifetime Value Added (NPV)

Institution Lifetime NPV

Vs Median Peer

Vs HS Grad

Zero Cost (Scholarship)$0

+$459k

-$56k

-$25k

Median Cost$7k/yr

+$446k

-$69k

-$38k

Full Cost$13k/yr

+$435k

-$81k

-$49k

ROI Efficiency Metrics

Break-Even Age

Return on Inv. %

Zero Cost (Scholarship)$0

Never

-∞

Median Cost$7k/yr

Never

-298%

Full Cost$13k/yr

Never

-204%

Analysis Assumptions:

Starting Salary: Estimated from the 4-year post-graduation median earnings (assuming 2% annual growth from graduation).
Comparisons: "Vs Median Peer" compares to the median student nationwide in a similar level program. "Vs HS Grad" compares to a median high school graduate.
Break-Even: The age at which the college investment net income exceeds the median high school graduate's lifetime earnings.
NPV: Net Present Value of all future earnings minus costs and taxes, discounted at 7.8%.

Social Impact ROINew

Measures the societal return on a donor's investment. Calculated as the incremental pre-tax lifetime earnings vs. HS grad, divided by the tax-adjusted donation cost.

Donor Return-252%

Gov. Pell Grant ROINew

Measures the government's return on Pell Grants via increased tax revenue. Calculated as the portion of incremental lifetime taxes (discounted at 5.4%) attributed to the Pell Grant investment.

Taxpayer Return-87%

Important Note: Your ROI with any major will depend on the cost you pay to attend the program, and your starting salary. Both vary significantly across institutions. We encourage you to explore the ROI of a specific program variant by selecting the Program title of the credential level you are interested in. You will then have a more detailed return analysis for programs at specific institutions. We also encourage you to use the ROI calculator with your specific estimates of cost and salary.

Program ROI Analysis

Certificates

Accounting and Related Services

CertCIP: 5203

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

$42,946

Natl Median: $44,589

Lifetime Value Added

+$10k

Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions

CertCIP: 5109

Median Debt

$18,555

Earnings (4yr)

$51,863

Natl Median: $57,584

Lifetime Value Added

+$105k

Applied Horticulture and Horticultural Business Services

CertCIP: 0106

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $37,705

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Business Operations Support and Assistant Services

CertCIP: 5204

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $32,681

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Communications Technologies/Technicians

CertCIP: 1001

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

$35,844

Natl Median: $33,445

Lifetime Value Added

-$68k

Computer Programming

CertCIP: 1102

Median Debt

$7,149

Earnings (4yr)

$51,849

Natl Median: $56,556

Lifetime Value Added

+$105k

Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications

CertCIP: 1109

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

$49,441

Natl Median: $50,162

Lifetime Value Added

+$80k

Construction Trades, General

CertCIP: 4600

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $41,529

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Culinary Arts and Related Services

CertCIP: 1205

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

$34,167

Natl Median: $30,572

Lifetime Value Added

-$86k

Dental Support Services and Allied Professions

CertCIP: 5106

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

$54,134

Natl Median: $33,673

Lifetime Value Added

+$129k

Drafting/Design Engineering Technologies/Technicians

CertCIP: 1513

Median Debt

Earnings (5yr)

$47,668

Natl Median: $53,359

Lifetime Value Added

+$51k

Electrical/Electronic Engineering Technologies/Technicians

CertCIP: 1503

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $49,492

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Engineering, General

CertCIP: 1401

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

$71,199

Natl Median: $79,019

Lifetime Value Added

+$301k

Fire Protection

CertCIP: 4302

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $62,436

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Graphic Communications

CertCIP: 1003

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $32,130

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Health and Medical Administrative Services

CertCIP: 5107

Median Debt

$14,834

Earnings (4yr)

$40,301

Natl Median: $35,447

Lifetime Value Added

-$19k

Health Professions and Related Clinical Sciences, Other

CertCIP: 5199

Median Debt

$6,500

Earnings (4yr)

$46,323

Natl Median: $46,980

Lifetime Value Added

+$46k

Heating, Air Conditioning, Ventilation and Refrigeration Maintenance Technology/Technician (HAC, HACR, HVAC, HVACR)

CertCIP: 4702

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

$39,590

Natl Median: $48,148

Lifetime Value Added

-$27k

Heavy/Industrial Equipment Maintenance Technologies/Technicians

CertCIP: 4703

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

$56,619

Natl Median: $62,199

Lifetime Value Added

+$155k

Human Development, Family Studies, and Related Services

CertCIP: 1907

Median Debt

Earnings (5yr)

$28,599

Natl Median: $31,135

Lifetime Value Added

-$154k

Industrial Production Technologies/Technicians

CertCIP: 1506

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

$45,441

Natl Median: $57,294

Lifetime Value Added

+$37k

Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities

CertCIP: 2401

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $44,906

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Marketing

CertCIP: 5214

Median Debt

$19,833

Earnings (4yr)

$34,803

Natl Median: $49,757

Lifetime Value Added

-$79k

Natural Resources Conservation and Research

CertCIP: 0301

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $51,561

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Physical Science Technologies/Technicians

CertCIP: 4103

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $68,527

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing Assistants

CertCIP: 5139

Median Debt

$10,360

Earnings (4yr)

$56,032

Natl Median: $56,073

Lifetime Value Added

+$149k

Precision Metal Working

CertCIP: 4805

Median Debt

$4,115

Earnings (4yr)

$47,218

Natl Median: $48,702

Lifetime Value Added

+$56k

Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies/Technicians

CertCIP: 4706

Median Debt

$8,750

Earnings (4yr)

$41,538

Natl Median: $51,586

Lifetime Value Added

-$5k

Associate's Degrees

Accounting and Related Services

AssocCIP: 5203

Median Debt

$23,429

Earnings (4yr)

$36,169

Natl Median: $47,660

Lifetime Value Added

-$103k

Agriculture, General

AssocCIP: 0100

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $45,683

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Air Transportation

AssocCIP: 4901

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $75,495

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services

AssocCIP: 5108

Median Debt

$12,750

Earnings (4yr)

$43,091

Natl Median: $42,269

Lifetime Value Added

-$33k

Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions

AssocCIP: 5109

Median Debt

$14,512

Earnings (4yr)

$59,656

Natl Median: $65,389

Lifetime Value Added

+$128k

Biology, General

AssocCIP: 2601

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

$38,065

Natl Median: $44,758

Lifetime Value Added

-$84k

Business Administration, Management and Operations

AssocCIP: 5202

Median Debt

$11,050

Earnings (4yr)

$50,243

Natl Median: $48,733

Lifetime Value Added

+$38k

Chemistry

AssocCIP: 4005

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $51,597

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science/Research and Allied Professions

AssocCIP: 5110

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $57,472

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Communications Technologies/Technicians

AssocCIP: 1001

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

$34,208

Natl Median: $35,292

Lifetime Value Added

-$123k

Computer Programming

AssocCIP: 1102

Median Debt

$11,250

Earnings (4yr)

$59,646

Natl Median: $58,070

Lifetime Value Added

+$128k

Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications

AssocCIP: 1109

Median Debt

$14,907

Earnings (4yr)

$51,817

Natl Median: $54,971

Lifetime Value Added

+$53k

Construction Trades, General

AssocCIP: 4600

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $83,283

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Culinary Arts and Related Services

AssocCIP: 1205

Median Debt

$8,933

Earnings (4yr)

$34,685

Natl Median: $39,605

Lifetime Value Added

-$118k

Dental Support Services and Allied Professions

AssocCIP: 5106

Median Debt

$8,216

Earnings (4yr)

$53,798

Natl Median: $61,982

Lifetime Value Added

+$72k

Drafting/Design Engineering Technologies/Technicians

AssocCIP: 1513

Median Debt

Earnings (5yr)

$46,828

Natl Median: $55,895

Lifetime Value Added

-$5k

Engineering, General

AssocCIP: 1401

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

$72,033

Natl Median: $72,916

Lifetime Value Added

+$242k

Fire Protection

AssocCIP: 4302

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $73,589

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Graphic Communications

AssocCIP: 1003

Median Debt

Earnings (5yr)

$25,483

Natl Median: $36,221

Lifetime Value Added

-$218k

Health and Medical Administrative Services

AssocCIP: 5107

Median Debt

$18,782

Earnings (4yr)

$47,147

Natl Median: $37,073

Lifetime Value Added

+$7k

Health Professions and Related Clinical Sciences, Other

AssocCIP: 5199

Median Debt

$16,023

Earnings (4yr)

$45,153

Natl Median: $48,027

Lifetime Value Added

-$13k

Heating, Air Conditioning, Ventilation and Refrigeration Maintenance Technology/Technician (HAC, HACR, HVAC, HVACR)

AssocCIP: 4702

Median Debt

Earnings (5yr)

$41,709

Natl Median: $58,236

Lifetime Value Added

-$55k

Heavy/Industrial Equipment Maintenance Technologies/Technicians

AssocCIP: 4703

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $69,017

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Human Development, Family Studies, and Related Services

AssocCIP: 1907

Median Debt

$18,185

Earnings (4yr)

$28,862

Natl Median: $34,184

Lifetime Value Added

-$178k

Industrial Production Technologies/Technicians

AssocCIP: 1506

Median Debt

Earnings (5yr)

$49,556

Natl Median: $73,593

Lifetime Value Added

+$21k

Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities

AssocCIP: 2401

Median Debt

$10,493

Earnings (4yr)

$39,505

Natl Median: $44,125

Lifetime Value Added

-$69k

Marketing

AssocCIP: 5214

Median Debt

$29,718

Earnings (4yr)

$39,172

Natl Median: $44,264

Lifetime Value Added

-$73k

Mathematics

AssocCIP: 2701

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $59,929

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Natural Resources Conservation and Research

AssocCIP: 0301

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $45,634

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Physical Science Technologies/Technicians

AssocCIP: 4103

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $80,768

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Precision Metal Working

AssocCIP: 4805

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

$56,425

Natl Median: $56,451

Lifetime Value Added

+$98k

Precision Production, Other

AssocCIP: 4899

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $51,392

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Public Health

AssocCIP: 5122

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $43,759

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing

AssocCIP: 5138

Median Debt

$15,249

Earnings (4yr)

$76,844

Natl Median: $80,813

Lifetime Value Added

+$285k

Social Work

AssocCIP: 4407

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $39,409

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas

AssocCIP: 1313

Median Debt

$9,749

Earnings (4yr)

$34,352

Natl Median: $35,702

Lifetime Value Added

-$122k

Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies/Technicians

AssocCIP: 4706

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

$40,032

Natl Median: $58,424

Lifetime Value Added

-$64k

Other Programs

Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions

DegCIP: 5109

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $58,292

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Computer Programming

DegCIP: 1102

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $50,308

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Computer/Information Technology Administration and Management

DegCIP: 1110

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $73,949

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Culinary Arts and Related Services

DegCIP: 1205

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $31,553

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Note: Lifetime Value Added is the Net Present Value (NPV) of estimated career earnings relative to a median high school graduate (for undergraduate programs) or a median bachelor's degree holder (for graduate programs), accounting for this institution's average cost and taxes. Computed over a career to retirement age.

For graduate programs (Master's, Doctoral, etc.), the calculation assumes a starting age of 22 (after undergraduate completion) and does not include the sunk costs of prior degrees. It represents the value added of the graduate degree decision moving forward. These Lifetime Value Added results for graduate degrees should not be compared with those for Undergraduate Certificates, Associates or Bachelors.