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They are at time.com/newsletters and are separate from a paid subscription. ## Video: How to Go to College For Free [Watch (HLS stream): How to Go to College For Free](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/b28F3n8k.m3u8) (3:06)  _Published 2015-07-16. At College of the Ozarks, students work on campus during the school year instead of paying tuition._ --- Jul 27, 2023 6:33 PM UTC --- ## More From This Series [All Videos](https://time.com/video/) [What to Know About New York’s Plan to Offer Free College](/video/qeq6ZjMx/) ### What to Know About New York’s Plan to Offer Free College [This is How You Tour a College Campus](/video/0cGNorJd/) ### This is How You Tour a College Campus [How to Be a Successful College Student](/video/zhLE5XJW/) ### How to Be a Successful College Student --- ## Transcript [ MUSIC ] I will be coming out of school, without any debt. I will have zero debt. I will not have any debt. College of the Ozarks is a four year liberal arts college. It is also a work college. We all work at our individual work stations. 15 hours a week in a 40 work week. If you get accepted to the summer work program, that's 40 hours a week for 12 weeks. And that ends up paying for an academic year's worth of room and board. We have approximately 1450 students here at College of the Ozarks. Upwards of 90 % of our students actually need the assistance that we provide them here. They probably would not be attending college otherwise. I would not have been able to go to college without this opportunity because I've tried to provide for myself before I came here. It's rough. You realize how much you're blessed here. Our students graduate from college debt free. This school is giving me the opportunity to follow a passion, and also do it without having to go into debt for the rest of my life, so that's a really cool opportunity. [ INAUDIBLE ] [ SOUND ] [ MUSIC ] We have a very unique setting. We're a 1000 acre campus in Point Lookout, Missouri. We have more than 100 work stations that they can avail themselves at. We have a fire department. We have a print shop. We have the Keeter Center, which in and of itself makes up our largest workstation. It is a four star lodging, dining and conference facility. Incoming freshmen don't have a choice of where their workstation is. So, oftentimes, a lot of our students are the freshmen coming in. After their freshman year, they're allowed to select their top. Three choices of workstations on campus as to where they might want to go. I think its really preparing me for the future for when I'm working. Its really taught me some responsibility and not only just learning how to work hard where ever you're at but also time management. It sets you apart. The skills that we learn at college are tools you can apply anywhere in life. life. It's in your name we pray, amen. Our vision is to develop citizens of Christ like character who are well- educated, hard working and patriotic. And it's for the development of the whole citizen. Everybody here wants to be here. It's a very small percentage that they accept here and just the overall For atmosphere is just very welcoming, very friendly. Every area of my life that needs to be filled, is filled here at the college. Along with friends and family and work and school and faith. There's not a whole lot lacking from our lives here. This college is giving us. The opportunity to work for our education, that's valuable. It's something you'll take away from it. It builds your character and your work ethic. And it also means you graduate without debt. 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