POINT LOOKOUT, Missouri — College Consensus ranked College of the Ozarks as the No. 1 Best Christian College in the United States.
College Consensus is a unique college ranking and review aggregator, combining top publisher rankings and student reviews.
The Best Christian Colleges and Universities are listed in descending order according to their College Consensus Score. College of the Ozarks scored an 80.2 out of 100. College Consensus finds this score by combining the results of the most reputable college ranking publishers and thousands of student reviews from around the internet. A few of these publishers include U.S. News & World Report, The Wall Street Journal, and Washington Monthly.
College of the Ozarks ranked among other top-rated schools across the nation, such as Northwestern College (No. 2), Wheaton College (No. 6), Indiana Wesleyan University (No. 9), Baylor University (No. 11), and Texas Christian University (No. 18).
According to College Consensus, “Christian students of all denominations often find that a college experience rooted in their faith is the right choice for them, and with College Consensus’ all-encompassing method, prospective students can trust that their choice passes muster with the experts and the students alike.”
College of the Ozarks was named among 200 of The Best Value Colleges for 2021 by The Princeton Review. Of more than 650 schools The Princeton Review surveyed for this year’s project, 200 made the overall Best Value Colleges list for 2021. This list is presented alphabetically.
The 200 schools that made the 2021 rankings for The Best Value Colleges all share three exceptional features: stellar academics, affordable cost, strong career prospects for graduates.
The ratings are based on analyses that review more than 40 data points. They cover academic offerings, cost/financial aid, career placement services, graduation rates, and student debt as well as alumni salary levels and job satisfaction. Information on The Best Value Colleges ranking methodology is at https://www.princetonreview.com/college-rankings/best-value-colleges/methodology
“The colleges that we designate as our ‘Best Values’ this year are truly a select group: they comprise only about 1.2% of the four-year undergraduate institutions in the U.S.,” said Rob Franek, editor-in-chief of The Princeton Review.
College of the Ozarks was ranked among five other Missouri schools including: Missouri University of Science and Technology in Rolla, Truman State University in Kirksville, William Jewell College in Liberty, as well as St. Louis University and Washington University in St. Louis.