Hot Springs Times

In-state tuition and fees rose 5.7 percent for 2018-19 at the College of the Ouachitas, according to recent data from the U.S. Department of Education.

Arkansas residents paid $3,890 to attend the two-year public institution this year – $210 more than the $3,680 charged for 2017-18.

Non-resident students would have paid 74.8 percent more than residents this year, or $6,800. Non-resident tuition and fees grew 4.1 percent from $6,530 in 2017-18.

100 percent of the school's undergraduate population are Arkansas residents.

Data shows 90 percent of full-time undergraduates who started school in 2015-16 received student financial aid in some form. In all, 94 students received grants or scholarships totaling $402,045 and 18 students took out student loans totaling more than $64,895.

Including all undergraduates (1,257), 983 students used grants or scholarships totaling $2.4 million, and 237 students took out $1.3 million in federal student loans.

	Enrollment	2015-16	2016-17	2017-18	2018-19	Change in tuition and fees 2015-16 to 2018-19
In-state	1,257	$3,620	$3,620	$3,680	$3,890	7.5%

The following data includes only full-time students who began an undergraduate program at the College of the Ouachitas in 2015-16.

Type of Aid	Number of students receiving aid	Percent receiving aid	Total amount of aid received	Average amount of aid per student
Federal grants	74	67%	$321,838	$4,349
State / local grant or scholarship	37	34%	$36,655	$991
Institutional grants or scholarships	21	19%	$43,552	$2,074
Grant or scholarship aid total	94	85%	$402,045	$4,277
Federal student loans	18	16%	$64,895	$3,605
Other student loans	0	0%	$0	-
Student loan aid	18	16%	$64,895	$3,605
Total student aid	99	90%	-	-