NorthWest Arkansas Community College
Bentonville, Arkansas
- Public technical or community college
- Public
- City
- 4,953 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
- Plant SciencesCertificate · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $51,146
- Agricultural/Animal/Plant/Veterinary Science and Related Fields, OtherAssociate degree · 6 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $38,586
Auto, diesel and aircraft mechanic
- Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies/TechniciansCertificate · 6 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $43,278
Bookkeeping and accounting
- Accounting and Related ServicesCertificate · 2 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $40,897
Child care and early education
- Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and MethodsCertificate · 25 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $32,866
- Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and MethodsAssociate degree · 17 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $30,190
- Human Development, Family Studies, and Related ServicesCertificate · 28 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $28,174
Computers and IT
- Computer and Information Sciences, GeneralCertificate · 3 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $44,167
- Computer and Information Sciences, GeneralAssociate degree · 19 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $43,763
Culinary arts
- Culinary Arts and Related ServicesCertificate · 56 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $30,130
- Culinary Arts and Related ServicesAssociate degree · 16 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $34,674
Dental assisting and hygiene
- Dental Support Services and Allied ProfessionsCertificate · 51 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $30,575
Electrician
- Electrical and Power Transmission InstallersCertificate · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $44,469
EMT, surgical tech and imaging
- Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment ProfessionsCertificate · 23 finishedGraduates here earned $62,256 a year after finishingNationally: $55,124
- Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment ProfessionsAssociate degree · 12 finishedGraduates here earned $62,690 a year after finishingNationally: $61,169
Engineering technology
- Electrical/Electronic Engineering Technologies/TechniciansCertificate · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $49,355
- Electrical/Electronic Engineering Technologies/TechniciansAssociate degree · 1 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $57,072
- Environmental Control Technologies/TechniciansCertificate · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $42,256
- Environmental Control Technologies/TechniciansAssociate degree · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $47,210
- Construction Engineering Technology/TechnicianCertificate · 25 finishedGraduates here earned $55,287 a year after finishingNationally: $51,213
- Construction Engineering Technology/TechnicianAssociate degree · 16 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $60,261
- Drafting/Design Engineering Technologies/TechniciansCertificate · 14 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $45,790
- Drafting/Design Engineering Technologies/TechniciansAssociate degree · 8 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $49,077
Graphic and applied design
- Design and Applied ArtsCertificate · 12 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $33,047
- Design and Applied ArtsAssociate degree · 6 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $31,578
HVAC and refrigeration
- Heating, Air Conditioning, Ventilation and Refrigeration Maintenance Technology/Technician (HAC, HACR, HVAC, HVACR)Certificate · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $42,278
Medical assisting and pharmacy tech
- Allied Health and Medical Assisting ServicesCertificate · 200 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $32,268
- Allied Health and Medical Assisting ServicesAssociate degree · 14 finishedGraduates here earned $47,191 a year after finishingNationally: $40,233
Medical billing and office
- Health and Medical Administrative ServicesCertificate · 9 finishedGraduates here earned $35,979 a year after finishingNationally: $33,067
- Health and Medical Administrative ServicesAssociate degree · 4 finishedGraduates here earned $35,680 a year after finishingNationally: $33,452
Paralegal
- Legal Support ServicesAssociate degree · 5 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $41,377
Plumbing and pipefitting
- Plumbing and Related Water Supply ServicesCertificate · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $41,980
Police, fire and corrections
- Criminal Justice and CorrectionsCertificate · 15 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $55,215
- Criminal Justice and CorrectionsAssociate degree · 6 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $40,997
- Fire ProtectionCertificate · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $52,514
- Fire ProtectionAssociate degree · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $62,186
Practical nursing and nursing assistant
- Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing AssistantsCertificate · 63 finishedGraduates here earned $68,667 a year after finishingNationally: $50,533
Registered nursing
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical NursingAssociate degree · 109 finishedGraduates here earned $67,962 a year after finishingNationally: $75,149
Other programs (17)
- Basic Skills and Developmental/Remedial EducationCertificateNationally: $29,568
- Business Administration, Management and OperationsCertificate · 5 finishedNationally: $44,510
- Business Administration, Management and OperationsAssociate degree · 96 finishedGraduates here earned $46,550 a year afterNationally: $41,208
- Business/Commerce, GeneralCertificate · 4 finishedNationally: $54,610
- Business/Commerce, GeneralAssociate degree · 21 finishedGraduates here earned $42,887 a year afterNationally: $40,381
- ChiropracticAssociate degree
- Entrepreneurial and Small Business OperationsCertificate · 4 finishedNationally: $43,067
- General Sales, Merchandising and Related Marketing OperationsCertificate · 0 finishedNationally: $52,388
- Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, GeneralCertificate · 160 finishedGraduates here earned $58,398 a year afterNationally: $37,910
- Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, GeneralAssociate degree · 2 finishedNationally: $38,650
- Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and HumanitiesCertificate · 195 finishedGraduates here earned $43,528 a year afterNationally: $35,042
- Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and HumanitiesAssociate degree · 815 finishedGraduates here earned $38,877 a year afterNationally: $34,134
- Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies, OtherAssociate degree · 2 finishedNationally: $45,150
- Natural Resources Conservation and ResearchCertificate · 0 finishedNationally: $41,576
- Security Science and TechnologyCertificate · 1 finishedNationally: $45,055
- Security Science and TechnologyAssociate degree · 0 finishedNationally: $39,731
- Visual and Performing Arts, GeneralAssociate degree · 3 finishedNationally: $26,742
What it really costs
Net price is what students paid after grants and scholarships.
- Average net price
- $4,095per year, students who got grant aidSource: College Scorecard
- Total cost of attendance
- $10,217sticker price incl. living costs, per yearSource: College Scorecard
- Tuition, in-state
- $4,380Source: College Scorecard
- Students with federal loans
- 10%Source: College Scorecard
How students do
- Finish their program
- 37%first-time, full-time students finishing within 1.5 times the normal lengthSource: College Scorecard
- Median earnings
- $40,9466 years after starting, students who got federal aidSource: College Scorecard
- Median earnings, later
- $44,71810 years after startingSource: College Scorecard
- Median debt at completion
- $10,732federal loans, students who finishedSource: College Scorecard
- Earned a degree or certificate here
- 25%all students who started, 8 years laterSource: College Scorecard
- Left for another college before finishing
- 18%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 NorthWest Arkansas Community 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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