National Park College

Hot Springs, Arkansas

  • Public technical or community college
  • Public
  • Suburb
  • 1,789 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.

Auto, diesel and aircraft mechanic

  • Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies/TechniciansCertificate · 137 finishedGraduates here earned $36,296 a year after finishingNationally: $43,278
  • Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies/TechniciansAssociate degree · 4 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $48,683

Bookkeeping and accounting

  • Accounting and Related ServicesCertificate · 5 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $40,897
  • Accounting and Related ServicesAssociate degree · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $41,647

Child care and early education

  • Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and MethodsCertificate · 1 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $32,866
  • Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and MethodsAssociate degree · 27 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $30,190

Clinical lab technician

  • Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science/Research and Allied ProfessionsCertificate · 28 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $34,692
  • Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science/Research and Allied ProfessionsAssociate degree · 6 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $52,694

Computers and IT

  • Computer ScienceCertificate · 6 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $72,159
  • Computer Systems Networking and TelecommunicationsAssociate degree · 1 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $46,926
  • Computer/Information Technology Administration and ManagementCertificate · 5 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $47,595
  • Computer/Information Technology Administration and ManagementAssociate degree · 5 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $46,417

EMT, surgical tech and imaging

  • Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment ProfessionsCertificate · 26 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $55,124
  • Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment ProfessionsAssociate degree · 26 finishedGraduates here earned $52,446 a year after finishingNationally: $61,169

Industrial and equipment maintenance

  • Electrical/Electronics Maintenance and Repair Technologies/TechniciansCertificate · 1 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $40,159
  • Heavy/Industrial Equipment Maintenance Technologies/TechniciansCertificate · 3 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $56,388

Medical billing and office

  • Health and Medical Administrative ServicesCertificate · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $33,067
  • Health and Medical Administrative ServicesAssociate degree · 4 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $33,452

Police, fire and corrections

  • Criminal Justice and CorrectionsCertificate · 24 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $55,215
  • Criminal Justice and CorrectionsAssociate degree · 12 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $40,997

Practical nursing and nursing assistant

  • Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing AssistantsCertificate · 30 finishedGraduates here earned $43,746 a year after finishingNationally: $50,533

Registered nursing

  • Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical NursingAssociate degree · 47 finishedGraduates here earned $73,340 a year after finishingNationally: $75,149

Welding and machining

  • Precision Metal WorkingCertificate · 126 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $42,421
Other programs (18)
  • Business Administration, Management and OperationsCertificate · 20 finishedNationally: $44,510
  • Business Administration, Management and OperationsAssociate degree · 11 finishedNationally: $41,208
  • Business/Commerce, GeneralAssociate degree · 16 finishedNationally: $40,381
  • Entrepreneurial and Small Business OperationsCertificate · 9 finishedNationally: $43,067
  • Health/Medical Preparatory ProgramsCertificate · 61 finishedNationally: $34,451
  • Homeland SecurityAssociate degreeNationally: $45,677
  • Hospitality Administration/ManagementCertificate · 6 finishedNationally: $41,933
  • Hospitality Administration/ManagementAssociate degree · 2 finishedNationally: $37,255
  • Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and HumanitiesCertificate · 86 finishedGraduates here earned $17,193 a year afterNationally: $35,042
  • Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and HumanitiesAssociate degree · 97 finishedGraduates here earned $24,980 a year afterNationally: $34,134
  • Management Sciences and Quantitative MethodsAssociate degree · 0 finishedNationally: $45,920
  • Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies, OtherAssociate degree · 2 finishedNationally: $45,150
  • Natural SciencesAssociate degree · 16 finishedNationally: $28,703
  • Non-Professional Legal StudiesCertificate · 12 finishedNationally: $58,040
  • Security Science and TechnologyCertificate · 0 finishedNationally: $45,055
  • Security Science and TechnologyAssociate degree · 0 finishedNationally: $39,731
  • Visual and Performing Arts, GeneralCertificate · 21 finishedNationally: $32,910
  • Visual and Performing Arts, GeneralAssociate degree · 9 finishedNationally: $26,742
Source: College Scorecard

What it really costs

Net price is what students paid after grants and scholarships.

Average net price per year, by family income
$0–30k$8,644$30–48k$8,236$48–75k$9,996$75–110k$10,577Over $110k$15,335Source: College Scorecard
Average net price
$8,864per year, students who got grant aidSource: College Scorecard
Total cost of attendance
$16,085sticker price incl. living costs, per yearSource: College Scorecard
Tuition, in-state
$5,600Source: College Scorecard
Students with federal loans
29%Source: College Scorecard

How students do

Finish their program
26%first-time, full-time students finishing within 1.5 times the normal lengthSource: College Scorecard
Median earnings
$32,6606 years after starting, students who got federal aidSource: College Scorecard
Median earnings, later
$35,52410 years after startingSource: College Scorecard
Median debt at completion
$9,526federal loans, students who finishedSource: College Scorecard
Earned a degree or certificate here
30%all students who started, 8 years laterSource: College Scorecard
Left for another college before finishing
10%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 National Park 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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