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Ottawa University

Ottawa University
1001 South Cedar
Ottawa, KS 66067-3399

Official telephone: (785) 242-5200
Fax number: (785) 242-7429
Website: https://www.ottawa.edu/
Screen last updated on: January 2024
STUDENT PROFILE
Total undergraduates: 720
Full-time undergraduates: 677
Part-time undergraduates: 43
Total graduate students: 166
Full-time graduate students: 136
Part-time graduate students: 30
Degree seeking undergraduate student breakdown:
1.5% American Indian or Alaskan Native
0.7% Asian, non-Hispanic/Latino
12.0% Black or African American, non-Hispanic/Latino
15.1% Hispanic/Latino
0.3% Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander, non-Hispanic/Latino
55.7% White, non-Hispanic/Latino
0.9% Two or more races non-Hispanic/Latino
13.9% Race and/or Ethnicity unknown

CAMPUS ENVIRONMENT
Campus size: 64 acres
Nearest major city: Kansas City

LIVING ON CAMPUS
Institution offers housing: yes
Housing types (% in housing type, if given):
  • coed dorms
Percent of freshmen who live in school housing: 85%
Percent of students who live in school housing: 66%
Percent of students who live off campus: 32%

STUDY FACILITIES
Every student is required to lease or own a computer: no
Computer equipment is provided in: computer center/lab(s)
Total number of microcomputers available to students: 40
School has a library on campus: yes

ASSISTANCE SERVICES
Additional services offered:
health service
Counseling services:
career, psychological
Career placement services:
interest inventory, on-campus job interviews, resumé assistance, alumni services, interview training, Job fairs are available to students through the career center.

SOCIAL ACTIVITIES
Student activities:
student newspaper, radio station
Other student organizations, musical groups, activities, and committees:
Christian Faith In Action; Student Activities Force; Education Club; Whole Earth Club; Fellowship of Christian Athletes

ATHLETICS
Athletic conference memberships: NAIA

Sports offered Scholarships? Athletic Assoc.
Men's baseballyes 
Men's baseball  
Men's basketballyes 
Men's basketball  
Men's bowling  
Men's bowlingyes 
Men's cheerleadingyes 
Men's cheerleading  
Men's cross-country running  
Men's cross-country runningyes 
Men's football  
Men's footballyes 
Men's golf  
Men's golfyes 
Men's lacrosseyes 
Men's lacrosse  
Men's socceryes 
Men's soccer  
Men's tennisyes 
Men's tennis  
Men's track and field  
Men's track and fieldyes 
Men's volleyball  
Men's volleyballyes 
Men's water polo  
Men's weight lifting  
Men's weight liftingyes 
Men's wrestling  
Men's wrestlingyes 
Women's basketball  
Women's basketballyes 
Women's bowlingyes 
Women's bowling  
Women's cheerleadingyes 
Women's cheerleading  
Women's cross-country running  
Women's cross-country runningyes 
Women's golfyes 
Women's golf  
Women's lacrosseyes 
Women's lacrosse  
Women's sand volleyballyes 
Women's sand volleyball  
Women's soccer  
Women's socceryes 
Women's softball  
Women's softballyes 
Women's swimming and diving  
Women's tennis  
Women's tennisyes 
Women's track and field  
Women's track and fieldyes 
Women's volleyball  
Women's volleyballyes 
Women's water polo  
Women's weight liftingyes 
Women's weight lifting  
Women's wrestlingyes 
Women's wrestling  

Intramural/Recreational sports:
basketball; bowling; volleyball; weight lifting; wrestling

GETTING AWAY
Nearest international airport: Kansas City International

AFTER GRADUATION
Percent of graduates who enter job market in field related to major: 50% within six months of graduation

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