Ottawa vs K-State Academic Comparison

The next list compares two colleges briefly in important perspectives. You can compare two colleges with comprehensive information on the full comparison page.

Ottawa is a private (not-for-profit) and K-State is a public school and both are four-years schools.
Ottawa has more expensive tuition & fees ($35,300) than K-State ($27,816).
It is harder to admit to K-State than Ottawa.
K-State has a higher submitted SAT score (970) than Ottawa (970).
K-State has higher submitted ACT score (19) than Ottawa (19).
K-State has more students with 19,722 students while Ottawa has 953 students.
Ottawa has a lower number of students per faculty with 11 to 1 while K-State's ratio is 18 to 1.
K-State has more full-time faculties with 996 faculties while Ottawa has 27 full-time faculties.

The following table compares the two rival schools - Ottawa University-Ottawa and Kansas State University.

Ottawa	vs.	K-State
Ottawa, Kansas	Location	Manhattan, Kansas
Four-years, Private (not-for-profit)	School Type	four-years, Public
Doctor's degree	Highest Degree Offered	Doctor's degree
Baccalaureate College - Diverse Fields	Carnegie Classification	Research University (very high research activity)
$35,300	2024 Tuition & Fees	In-State$10,942 Out-Of-State$27,816
100%	% Receiving Financial Aid	72%
$27,900	Average Amount of Financial Aid	$8,381

80.03 %	Acceptance Rates	79.36 %
10.17 %	Yield (Enrollment Rates)	29.89 %
970	SAT Score	1,140
19	ACT Score	23
28 %	Graduation Rate	68 %
-	Transfer-out Rate	19 %
57 %	Retention Rate	86 %
953	Student Population	19,722
27	Number of Faculties	996
11 to 1	Students to Faculty Ratio	18 to 1
Distance Learning (Online Classes), Study Abroad, Teacher Certification	Special Learning Opportunities	Distance Learning (Online Classes), ROTC, Study Abroad, Weekend/Evening College, Teacher Certification
Academic/career counseling service, Employment services, Placement services	On Campus Student Services	Academic/career counseling service, Employment services, Placement services, On-campus daycare

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