COLLEGE OF THE OZARKS is located 2 miles south of Branson on beautiful Point Lookout on 1000 acres.

The College of the Ozarks provides a diverse learning environment that fosters both individual achievement and team skills. The core concept is to produce well-rounded people through study, work and play.

College provides education and skills, but often leaves you with large debts that carry far into your future. At COLLEGE OF THE OZARKS, they've created an innovative work program that provides essential development in a professional environment and gives one the opportunity to pay for their education as they go. COLLEGE OF THE OZARKS strives to give each student a complete learning experience by helping develop both characters and minds.

Each student is assigned a job at an on-campus work site for 15 hours per week. The work pays $2884 of the $10,600 cost of education. The remainder of the cost of education is met by grants and COLLEGE OF THE OZARKS scholarship. Room, board, books and other fees are a separate charge for which the student is responsible.

Students are enrolled in an innovative work program on and off campus giving them the opportunity to "earn" their tuition and fees. COLLEGE OF THE OZARKS is dedicated to academic, vocational, spiritual, patriotic and cultural growth. 99% of graduates are offered employment before graduation or shortly after.

Fully accredited, COLLEGE OF THE OZARKS offers a solid learning experience in any of 31 academic majors. Their student-faculty ratio is 14 to 1.

Rated in the top 10 of Liberal Arts Colleges in Midwest by US News and World Report for 10 consecutive years.

Called 'Hard Work U' by The Wall Street Journal.

Visitors are welcome to visit the campus, eat in the on-campus restaurant and purchase items made by students in the campus store.