Phillips Community College of the University of Arkansas

Helena, Arkansas

  • Public technical or community college
  • Public
  • Town
  • 614 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 MechanizationCertificate · 5 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $54,245
  • Applied Horticulture and Horticultural Business ServicesCertificate · 9 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $31,375

Bookkeeping and accounting

  • Accounting and Related ServicesCertificate · 6 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $40,897

Carpentry and construction

  • Construction Trades, GeneralCertificate · 13 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $39,348
  • Construction Trades, GeneralAssociate degree · 1 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $74,049
  • Building/Construction Finishing, Management, and InspectionCertificateEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $35,572

Child care and early education

  • Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and MethodsCertificate · 3 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $32,866
  • Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and MethodsAssociate degree · 5 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $30,190
  • Human Development, Family Studies, and Related ServicesCertificate · 5 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $28,174

Clinical lab technician

  • Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science/Research and Allied ProfessionsCertificate · 4 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $34,692
  • Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science/Research and Allied ProfessionsAssociate degree · 7 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $52,694

Computers and IT

  • Computer and Information Sciences, GeneralCertificate · 3 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $44,167
  • Computer and Information Sciences, GeneralAssociate degree · 4 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $43,763
  • Computer Systems Networking and TelecommunicationsCertificate · 6 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $40,930
  • Computer/Information Technology Administration and ManagementCertificate · 4 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $47,595

Cosmetology and barbering

  • Cosmetology and Related Personal Grooming ServicesCertificate · 4 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $23,574

EMT, surgical tech and imaging

  • Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment ProfessionsCertificate · 9 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $55,124

Engineering technology

  • Industrial Production Technologies/TechniciansCertificate · 4 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $56,893
  • Industrial Production Technologies/TechniciansAssociate degree · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $63,717

HVAC and refrigeration

  • Heating, Air Conditioning, Ventilation and Refrigeration Maintenance Technology/Technician (HAC, HACR, HVAC, HVACR)Certificate · 22 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $42,278

Medical billing and office

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

Office and business support

  • Business Operations Support and Assistant ServicesAssociate degree · 1 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $34,369

Police, fire and corrections

  • Criminal Justice and CorrectionsCertificate · 17 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $55,215
  • Criminal Justice and CorrectionsAssociate degree · 3 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $40,997

Practical nursing and nursing assistant

  • Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing AssistantsCertificate · 12 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $50,533

Registered nursing

  • Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical NursingAssociate degree · 20 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $75,149

Truck and bus driving

  • Ground TransportationCertificate · 30 finishedGraduates here earned $32,053 a year after finishingNationally: $49,738

Welding and machining

  • Precision Metal WorkingCertificate · 66 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $42,421
Other programs (17)
  • Business Administration, Management and OperationsCertificateNationally: $44,510
  • Business Administration, Management and OperationsAssociate degree · 3 finishedNationally: $41,208
  • Business/Commerce, GeneralAssociate degree · 1 finishedNationally: $40,381
  • General Sales, Merchandising and Related Marketing OperationsCertificate · 5 finishedNationally: $52,388
  • Graphic CommunicationsCertificate · 8 finishedNationally: $24,502
  • Graphic CommunicationsAssociate degree · 3 finishedNationally: $27,878
  • Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, GeneralCertificate · 41 finishedNationally: $37,910
  • Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and HumanitiesCertificate · 53 finishedNationally: $35,042
  • Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and HumanitiesAssociate degree · 48 finishedGraduates here earned $28,974 a year afterNationally: $34,134
  • Management Information Systems and ServicesCertificate · 13 finishedNationally: $57,331
  • Management Information Systems and ServicesAssociate degree · 0 finishedNationally: $44,556
  • Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies, OtherAssociate degree · 1 finishedNationally: $45,150
  • Public HealthAssociate degree · 0 finishedNationally: $36,417
  • Security Science and TechnologyCertificate · 0 finishedNationally: $45,055
  • Security Science and TechnologyAssociate degree · 0 finishedNationally: $39,731
  • Social WorkCertificate · 5 finishedNationally: $38,578
  • Social WorkAssociate degree · 15 finishedNationally: $34,827
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$5,874$30–48k$4,907$48–75k$7,309$75–110k$8,552Over $110kNot reportedSource: College Scorecard
Average net price
$5,957per year, students who got grant aidSource: College Scorecard
Total cost of attendance
$13,158sticker price incl. living costs, per yearSource: College Scorecard
Tuition, in-state
$3,470Source: College Scorecard
Students with federal loans
0%Source: College Scorecard

How students do

Finish their program
46%first-time, full-time students finishing within 1.5 times the normal lengthSource: College Scorecard
Median earnings
$29,9696 years after starting, students who got federal aidSource: College Scorecard
Median earnings, later
$34,66510 years after startingSource: College Scorecard
Median debt at completion
Not reportedfederal 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
8%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 Phillips Community College of the University of Arkansas, 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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