Welcome to Cottey College – Creators of Incredible Futures
Best Liberal Arts & Women’s Private College in the Midwest
Inspirational, Brave, Accommodating, Inventive, Welcoming, Adventurous, Personal, Forward-Thinking, Challenging, Courageous, Tight-Knit, Empowered & Trusted
Who We Are
Cottey College Honors & Recognition
U.S. News & World Report Regional Rankings
#9 – 2019 Best Regional Colleges
#3 – 2019 Lowest Student Debt Loan at Graduation
#1 – 2019 Best Value School
#3 – 2019 Largest Proportion of International Students
College Consensus
#6 – Women’s College
Meet Our Incredible Students

Kundai Matara
Class of ’19

Brenda Aldape
Class of ’19

Susana Irigoyen
Class of ’19
What We Offer
Bachelor of Arts & Bachelor of Science Majors
- Biology
- Business Administration – Management
- Criminology
- English
- Environmental Studies
- Health Sciences
- International Business
- International Relations
- Liberal Arts
- Organizational Leadership
- Psychology
- Secondary Education
- Women, Gender & Sexuality Studies
Minors
- Anthropology
- Art
- Chemistry
- Dance
- English
- French
- History
- International Relations
- Music
- Physical Education
- Sociology
- Spanish
- Theatre
- Writing
Associate
- Arts
- Arts-Music
- Fine Arts-Art
- Fine Arts-Dance
- Fine Arts-Theatre
- Science
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Leadership Majors Host REAL Talk on November 9
Students in the Organizational Leadership major at Cottey College invite the public to a virtual REAL Talk event on Monday, November 9, at 6 p.m. REAL Talk aims to Recognize Empowered, Authentic Leadership. Senior capstone students will reflect on and share their most...
Cottey and Crowder Sign Articulation Agreement
Officials from Cottey College in Nevada, Missouri, and Crowder College in Neosho, Missouri, are pleased to announce the signing of two separate articulation agreements between the two institutions. The first is a general transfer agreement noting that Crowder...
Cottey College sees 10.5 percent enrollment growth
Nevada, MO--- Cottey College announced today that student enrollment for the fall 2020 semester has increased by 10.5%, compared to last fall’s enrollment numbers. “These increased enrollment numbers demonstrate that more students are seeing the benefit of attending a...