Black River Technical College
Pocahontas, Arkansas
- Public technical or community college
- Public
- Town
- 903 students
What you can study
Programs this school reported awarding, with how many students finished one in the latest year. Where the federal data has it, we show what this school's graduates earned a year after finishing (for graduates from a few years back, so a program can show earnings even if few finished recently). The national figure is for everyone who finished that kind of program anywhere.
Agriculture and horticulture
- Agricultural Production OperationsCertificate · 13 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $32,679
- Agricultural Production OperationsAssociate degree · 4 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $36,686
Auto, diesel and aircraft mechanic
- Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies/TechniciansCertificate · 71 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $43,278
Bookkeeping and accounting
- Accounting and Related ServicesCertificate · 44 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $40,897
- Accounting and Related ServicesAssociate degree · 9 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $41,647
Child care and early education
- Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and MethodsCertificate · 6 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $32,866
- Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and MethodsAssociate degree · 10 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $30,190
Clinical lab technician
- Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science/Research and Allied ProfessionsCertificate · 47 finishedGraduates here earned $30,036 a year after finishingNationally: $34,692
Computers and IT
- Computer and Information Sciences, GeneralCertificate · 28 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $44,167
- Computer Systems AnalysisCertificate · 3 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $43,085
- Computer Software and Media ApplicationsCertificate · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $35,694
- Computer Systems Networking and TelecommunicationsCertificate · 1 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $40,930
- Computer Systems Networking and TelecommunicationsAssociate degree · 5 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $46,926
- Computer/Information Technology Administration and ManagementCertificate · 15 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $47,595
Culinary arts
- Culinary Arts and Related ServicesCertificateEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $30,130
EMT, surgical tech and imaging
- Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment ProfessionsCertificate · 21 finishedGraduates here earned $48,001 a year after finishingNationally: $55,124
- Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment ProfessionsAssociate degree · 10 finishedGraduates here earned $53,103 a year after finishingNationally: $61,169
Engineering technology
- Electrical/Electronic Engineering Technologies/TechniciansCertificate · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $49,355
- Industrial Production Technologies/TechniciansCertificate · 80 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $56,893
- Industrial Production Technologies/TechniciansAssociate degree · 12 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $63,717
Industrial and equipment maintenance
- Electrical/Electronics Maintenance and Repair Technologies/TechniciansCertificate · 28 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $40,159
- Heavy/Industrial Equipment Maintenance Technologies/TechniciansAssociate degreeEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $63,265
Medical assisting and pharmacy tech
- Allied Health and Medical Assisting ServicesCertificate · 327 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $32,268
- Allied Health and Medical Assisting ServicesAssociate degree · 77 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $40,233
Medical billing and office
- Health and Medical Administrative ServicesCertificate · 19 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $33,067
- Health and Medical Administrative ServicesAssociate degree · 7 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $33,452
Police, fire and corrections
- Criminal Justice and CorrectionsCertificate · 75 finishedGraduates here earned $48,575 a year after finishingNationally: $55,215
- Criminal Justice and CorrectionsAssociate degree · 5 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $40,997
- Fire ProtectionCertificate · 20 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $52,514
- Fire ProtectionAssociate degree · 2 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $62,186
Practical nursing and nursing assistant
- Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing AssistantsCertificate · 88 finishedGraduates here earned $33,698 a year after finishingNationally: $50,533
Registered nursing
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical NursingAssociate degree · 40 finishedGraduates here earned $69,770 a year after finishingNationally: $75,149
Truck and bus driving
- Ground TransportationCertificate · 57 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $49,738
Welding and machining
- Precision Metal WorkingCertificate · 125 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $42,421
Other programs (15)
- Business Administration, Management and OperationsAssociate degree · 0 finishedNationally: $41,208
- Business/Commerce, GeneralAssociate degree · 3 finishedNationally: $40,381
- Dietetics and Clinical Nutrition ServicesAssociate degreeNationally: $38,618
- Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, GeneralCertificateGraduates here earned $58,589 a year afterNationally: $37,910
- Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, GeneralAssociate degreeGraduates here earned $56,718 a year afterNationally: $38,650
- Human BiologyCertificate
- Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and HumanitiesCertificate · 31 finishedGraduates here earned $55,768 a year afterNationally: $35,042
- Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and HumanitiesAssociate degree · 173 finishedGraduates here earned $42,644 a year afterNationally: $34,134
- Mechatronics, Robotics, and Automation EngineeringCertificate · 1 finishedNationally: $55,804
- Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies, GeneralCertificateNationally: $47,517
- Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies, OtherAssociate degreeNationally: $45,150
- Nutrition SciencesCertificate · 9 finishedNationally: $34,659
- Nutrition SciencesAssociate degree · 2 finished
- Precision Systems Maintenance and Repair Technologies/TechniciansCertificate · 26 finishedNationally: $44,679
- Precision Systems Maintenance and Repair Technologies/TechniciansAssociate degree · 5 finishedNationally: $48,814
What it really costs
Net price is what students paid after grants and scholarships.
- Average net price
- $2,472per year, students who got grant aidSource: College Scorecard
- Total cost of attendance
- $13,878sticker price incl. living costs, per yearSource: College Scorecard
- Tuition, in-state
- $4,896Source: College Scorecard
- Students with federal loans
- 9%Source: College Scorecard
How students do
- Finish their program
- 48%first-time, full-time students finishing within 1.5 times the normal lengthSource: College Scorecard
- Median earnings
- $36,7566 years after starting, students who got federal aidSource: College Scorecard
- Median earnings, later
- $37,27810 years after startingSource: College Scorecard
- Median debt at completion
- $9,750federal loans, students who finishedSource: College Scorecard
- Earned a degree or certificate here
- 51%all students who started, 8 years laterSource: College Scorecard
- Left for another college before finishing
- 16%all students who started, 8 years laterSource: College Scorecard
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Where these numbers come from
Every number on this page comes from the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard page for Black River Technical College, which draws on what the school reports to the federal government and on federal student aid and tax records. Program earnings cover graduates who received federal student aid. We last pulled the data on November 6, 2026.
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