Bachelor's · Overland Park, Kansas

Is Human Services, General at Ottawa University-Online worth it?

Low confidence Low confidence: fewer than 40 graduates behind the earnings figures.

The verdict · all families, in-state, half paid with loans

Pays back in time: graduates typically recover the cost in about 4.9 years.

Earnings 1 year after graduating: $50,722; Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Earnings 4 years after graduating: $56,186; Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Typical federal debt at graduation: $27,862; NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
Net cost to graduate, all families: $59k (likely $59k – $83k); AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
Earnings bump, year 4: $19k a year vs high-school graduates aged 25–34 in KS; 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
Payback: 4.9 years (likely 3.2–8.5); Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
10-year net return: −$53k (likely −$159k – $55k); Today's dollars
20-year net return: $180k (likely −$21k – $394k); Today's dollars