Basic Consumer Information

Students may obtain information regarding the following topics by clicking on “Student Consumer Information” found on the website (www.ottawa.edu):

  • Rights under the Family Education Rights and PrivacyAct (FERPA).
  • Family Federal Education Loan (FFEL) Deferments for Performed Services (e.g. Peace Corps).
  • Description of all available federal, state, local, private, and institutional financial need-based and non-need-based assistance programs and for each program a description of:
    • Application form and procedures.
    • Student eligibility requirements.
    • Selection criteria.
    • Criteria for determining the amount of a student’s award.
  • Rights and responsibilities of students receiving Title IV and other financial aid including:
    • Criteria for continued eligibility.
    • Satisfactory academic progress standards and criteria to re-establish eligibility if student fails to maintain satisfactory academic progress.
    • Method and frequency of financial aid disbursements.
    • Terms of any loans received, sample loan repayment schedules and the necessity for repaying loans.
    • General conditions and terms applicable to any employment offered as part of student’s financial aid award.
    • Exit counseling information required to be provided and to be collected from student borrowers of a FFEL or Federal Perkins Loan.
  • Institutional information including:
    • Cost of attending the school.
    • Any applicable refund policy.
    • for officially withdrawing from the University.
    • Summary of requirements for the return of Title IV grant or loan assistance by withdrawn students.
    • Information regarding the University’s academic programs.
    • Entities that accredit, license or approve the school and its programs and procedures for reviewing the University’s accreditation, licensing or approval documentation.
    • Description of any special services and facilities for disabled students.
    • Title and availability of employee(s) responsible for dissemination of institutional and financial assistance disclosure information and how to contact them.
    • Statement that enrollment in a study abroad program approved for semester credit hours may be considered enrollment at the University for the purpose of applying for Title IV assistance.
  • Campus security reports including:
    • Statistics for the three most recent calendar years concerning the occurrence on campus, in or on non-campus buildings or property and public property.
    • Policies regarding procedures to report crimes committed on campus, criminal actions or other emergencies, and the institution’s response to such.
    • Policies concerning the security of and access to campus facilities.
    • Policies concerning campus law enforcement.
  • Report on athletic program participation rates and financial support data.
  • Report on completion and graduation rates for student athletes.

Additional financial aid information can be obtained by contacting the Department of Financial Aid staff at each location:

Ottawa, Kansas, Campus

1001 South Cedar Street

Ottawa, KS 66067

758-242-5200, ext. 5460

Indiana Campus

287 Quarter Master Court

Jeffersonville, IN 47130

812-280-7271

Wisconsin Campus

245 South Executive Dr., Ste. 110

Brookfield, WI 53005

262-879-0200

Arizona Campuses

10020 North 25th Avenue

Phoenix, AZ 85021

602-749-5120

Greater Kansas City Campus

4370 West 109th St., Ste. 200

Overland Park, KS 66211

913-266-8613

For additional help:

Financial Aid Information Page

www.finaid.org

U.S. Department of Education

www.ed.gov

Phone: 800-4-FED-AID

Student Guide

http://studentaid.ed.gov/students/publications/

student_guide/index.html

FAFSA on the Web

www.fafsa.ed.gov 

fastWEB (A free scholarship search)

 www.fastweb.com