This tiny Christian college doesn't charge tuition and maintains a $400 million endowment - see what it's like

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Students work on farms to pay their tuition costs.

College of the Ozarks, a Christian liberal-arts college located in Missouri, has a $416 million endowment.

But unlike other private liberal arts colleges with large endowments, C of O, as it's often called, has accumulated its endowment all while offering four-year degrees to students tuition free.

The roughly 1,500 person school made news recently for its requirement that students take a class on military customs and respect for the American flag. The class, called Patriotic Education and Fitness, also reviews flag protocol and map reading and marksmanship.

Read on below to see what it's like to attend College of the Ozarks.