Women’s basketball · NCAA Division III

University of the Ozarks

Clarksville, Arkansas · Private institution · 759 students

Listed squad
15
players in the 2025-26 federal return
Athletic aid to women
Not permitted
NCAA DIII rules forbid it
Published cost
Recorded
2023-24, available with a free account
Selectivity
Recorded
available with a free account

Does it field a women’s basketball team?

Yes. University of the Ozarks reported 15 women’s basketball participants in the Equity in Athletics return it filed for 2025-26. That is the institution’s own count of the squad, not a roster page Athlavia has read, and it is the figure the United States Department of Education publishes.

It competes in NCAA Division III, and no conference affiliation is recorded here. It is one of 3 NCAA DIII women's basketball programmes in Arkansas, out of 32 programmes there in total.

Can it award a basketball scholarship?

Athletic scholarships are not permitted here

NCAA Division III does not permit athletically-related student aid of any kind. A Division III programme can still be an excellent destination, but no basketball scholarship exists at one — the money there is academic and need-based aid.

Money is still available here: academic awards, need-based grants and institutional bursaries. What does not exist is an award made because of basketball. A recruiter offering one at a NCAA DIII institution is describing something the rules do not allow.

What it costs and what it is like

A published cost is held for 2023-24: tuition, mandatory fees, room and board, insurance and a travel estimate, with the international tuition rate separately where the institution publishes one.

Athlavia holds the cost breakdown

A single yearly total tells a family almost nothing. What decides whether a place is reachable is which line is the big one, and whether the international rate differs — so Athlavia shows the lines, not a headline.

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Type
Private
Enrolment
759
Selectivity
Held — free account
City
Clarksville
State or region
Arkansas
Country
United States
Campus setting
rural
Climate
Not recorded
International share
28%

Degrees recorded here

Only the courses Athlavia has read and tagged. It is not the institution’s full prospectus.

  • Accounting and Related Services.
  • Biology, General.
  • Business Administration, Management and Operations.
  • Chemistry.
  • Communication and Media Studies.
  • Drama/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft.
  • Economics.
  • English Language and Literature, General.
  • Finance and Financial Management Services.
  • Fine and Studio Arts.
  • History.
  • International Business.
  • Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities.
  • Marketing.
  • Mathematics.
  • Music.
  • Natural Resources Conservation and Research.
  • Philosophy and Religious Studies, Other.
  • Philosophy.
  • Political Science and Government.
  • Psychology, General.
  • Public Health.
  • Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication.
  • Radio, Television, and Digital Communication.
  • Religion/Religious Studies.
  • Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics.
  • Sociology.
  • Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods.
  • Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas.

How it compares

Across the 399 NCAA DIII women’s basketball programmes in this database, the average listed squad is 16 players. University of the Ozarks lists 15, almost exactly the divisional average. Among the 3 NCAA DIII programmes in Arkansas, it has the 3rd largest listed squad.

Squad size is a fact about the return, not a judgement about the programme. A large squad can mean depth or it can mean a long bench; a small one can mean minutes are available or that the roster is already settled. It is a question to ask a coach, not an answer.

Where these figures came from

FieldValueSourceRetrievedConfidence
Squad size152025-26ope.ed.govEADA 2025-26 schools.xlsx, PARTIC_WOMEN for Basketball12 Aug 202696%
recruitingBand42-622025-26ope.ed.govInferred from EADA operating expense per women's basketball participant ($4,175/player), ranked on a log scale against all 1857 programmes (percentile 52). Division is not used as an input.12 Aug 202655%
Degrees29 undergraduate degrees listed, including Natural Resources Conservation and Research., Communication and Media Studies., Radio, Television, and Digital Communication.collegescorecard.ed.govCollege Scorecard field latest.programs.cip_4_digit, undergraduate credentials only12 Aug 202690%
Tuitionheld — free account2023-24collegescorecard.ed.govCollege Scorecard fields latest.cost.tuition.in_state and latest.cost.tuition.out_of_state12 Aug 202692%
costOfAttendanceheld — free account2023-24collegescorecard.ed.govCollege Scorecard field latest.cost.roomboard.oncampus12 Aug 202692%
institutionProfileheld — free accountapi.data.govCollege Scorecard v1 /schools, fields latest.admissions.admission_rate.overall, school.locale, location.lat, location.lon, latest.student.demographics.race_ethnicity.non_resident_alien, school.school_url read verbatim12 Aug 202692%

Every stored fact carries the source it came from, the date it was read and how it was extracted. Figures shown on this page without a row above are recorded with the source on the record itself — the athletic aid figure, for instance, carries the Department of Education’s athletics site as its source.