University of the Ozarks has received an “A” rating in the latest Forbes College Financial Grades ranking.
The annual rankings assess the operational viability and balance sheet strength of more than 900 private colleges across the United States.
To build the college financial grades list, Forbes pulled the latest available financial data from the National Center for Education Statistics, which covers the fiscal year that began in July 2020 and ended in June 2021. In total, the publication ranked 906 colleges that enroll at least 500 full-time students.
University of the Ozarks received a grade of 3.96 — which ranked 154 out of the 906 colleges. Ozarks was one of just two colleges in the state to receive at least an “A” rating in the 2023 rankings.
Over the past three years, Ozarks is ranked first in the state in the college financial grades ranking with an average of 3.46.
“University of the Ozarks serves many first-generation, historically under-represented and financially challenged students,” said U of O President Richard Dunsworth. “To serve these students with the highest quality of faith-based education possible, we much be excellent stewards of the resources given to the institution and the funds generated from tuition and fees. Having Forbes’ recognition of the hard work of the community as fiscal stewards is affirming and encourages us to be even better moving forward.”
Ozarks has frozen tuition in eight of the past 10 years and was ranked the No. 1 “Best Value” college in the 16-state South Region by U.S. News & World Report this year.
The Forbes College Financial Grades ranking utilizes a methodology that analyzes a number of indicators, including endowment assets, primary reserve ratio, viability ratio, core operating margin, tuition as a percentage of core revenues, return on assets, admissions yield, percentage of freshmen getting grant aid, and instruction expenses per full-time-equivalency.
To view the Forbes 2023 College Financial Grades, please click HERE.
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