Career Programs at NWACC

2023 Tuition & Fees, Living Costs

The average undergraduate tuition & fees at NorthWest Arkansas Community College is $5,022 for academic year 2022-2023. The amount is the average costs over all degree programs and the vocational program tuition may be lower than the average cost.

NorthWest Arkansas Community College offers the alternative tuition plans .

50% of enrolled students have received grants and/or scholarships and the average amount of received financial aid is $2,470 (exclude student loans).

NWACC 2023 Tuition & Fees, Living Costs
Tuition & Fees	$5,022
Average Financial Amount	$2,470

Offered Career / Vocational Programs and Completers

NorthWest Arkansas Community College offers 55 vocational programs for Less than 1-Year Certificate and 1-2 Years Certificate programs. The following table lists number of programs by offered type and online availability along with number of completers.

Last year, 1,919 students have completed their career programs.

Offered Career Programs at NorthWest Arkansas Community College
Award Level	Total Number of Programs	Available Online Class	Number of Completers
Less than 1 Year Certificate	26	0	339
2 Years Certificate	29	3	520
Total	55	3	1,919

Programs by Award Level

The following table summarizes the number of completers by program and award level.

339 students have earned/completed Less than 1 Year Certificate program.
520 students have earned/completed 1-2 Years Certificate program.
1,060 students have earned/completed Associate's program.

Less than 1 Year Certificate Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Agriculture [+]	✕	0 completers	-
Plant Sciences	✕	0	-
Natural Resources and Conservation [+]	✕	0 completers	-
Environmental Science	✕	0	-
Personal and Culinary Services [+]	✕	22 completers	-
Funeral Service and Mortuary Science	✕	1	-
Baking and Pastry Arts/Baker/Pastry Chef	✕	7	-
Culinary Arts/Chef Training	✕	14	-
Engineering Technology [+]	✕	23 completers	-
Electrical, Electronic and Communications Engineering Technology/Technician	✕	2	-
Environmental Engineering Technology/Environmental Technology	✕	0	-
Construction Engineering Technology/Technician	✕	16	-
Drafting and Design Technology/Technician	✕	5	-
Work and Family Studies [+]	✕	11 completers	-
Child Development	✕	10	-
Child Care and Support Services Management	✕	1	-
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, and Firefighting [+]	✕	14 completers	-
Criminal Justice/Law Enforcement Administration	✕	1	-
Criminal Justice/Police Science	✕	4	-
Corrections and Criminal Justice (other)	✕	0	-
Fire Services Administration	✕	7	-
Forensic Science and Technology	✕	2	-
Construction Trades [+]	✕	0 completers	-
Electrician	✕	0	-
Plumbing and Related Water Supply Services (other)	✕	0	-
Mechanics and Repairers [+]	✕	0 completers	-
Heating, Air Conditioning, Ventilation and Refrigeration Maintenance Technology	✕	0	-
Visual and Performing Arts [+]	✕	18 completers	-
Design and Visual Communications	✕	1	-
Graphic Design	✕	17	-
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✕	68 completers	-
Dental Assisting/Assistant	✕	16	$22,900
Emergency Medical Technology/Technician (EMT Paramedic)	✕	7	-
Medical Radiologic Technology/Science - Radiation Therapist	✕	5	-
Nursing Assistant/Aide and Patient Care Assistant/Aide	✕	40	-
	Total	339

1-2 Years Certificate Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Agriculture [+]	✕	0 completers	-
Horticultural Science	✕	0	-
Natural Resources and Conservation [+]	✕	0 completers	-
Environmental Science	✕	0	-
Computer and Information Sciences [+]	✕	2 completers	-
Computer and Information Sciences	✕	2	-
Personal and Culinary Services [+]	✕	23 completers	-
Funeral Service and Mortuary Science	✕	0	-
Cooking and Related Culinary Arts	✕	0	-
Baking and Pastry Arts/Baker/Pastry Chef	✕	8	-
Culinary Arts/Chef Training	✕	15	-
Education [+]	✕	7 completers	-
Early Childhood Education and Teaching	✕	7	-
Engineering Technology [+]	✕	26 completers	-
Environmental Engineering Technology/Environmental Technology	✕	0	-
Construction Engineering Technology/Technician	✕	19	-
Drafting and Design Technology/Technician	✕	7	-
CAD/CADD Drafting and/or Design Technology/Technician	✕	0	-
Work and Family Studies [+]	✕	0 completers	-
Child Care and Support Services Management	✕	0	-
Liberal Arts and Sciences, Humanities [+]	✔ (1 completers)	208 completers	$22,900
Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies	✔	208	$22,900
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, and Firefighting [+]	✕	6 completers	-
Criminal Justice/Law Enforcement Administration	✕	0	-
Criminal Justice/Police Science	✕	6	-
Forensic Science and Technology	✕	0	-
Visual and Performing Arts [+]	✕	9 completers	-
Design and Visual Communications	✕	1	-
Graphic Design	✕	8	-
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✔ (1 completers)	50 completers	-
Dental Assisting/Assistant	✕	8	-
Health Information/Medical Records Technology/Technician	✔	11	-
Emergency Medical Technology/Technician (EMT Paramedic)	✕	27	-
Medical Radiologic Technology/Science - Radiation Therapist	✕	4	-
Business [+]	✔	26 completers	-
Business/Commerce	✕	10	$37,200
Logistics, Materials, and Supply Chain Management	✕	6	-
Accounting Technology/Technician and Bookkeeping	✕	4	-
Entrepreneurship/Entrepreneurial Studies	✔	2	-
Retailing and Retail Operations	✕	4	-
	Total	520

Associate's Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Agriculture [+]	✔ (1 completers)	12 completers	-
Agriculture, Agriculture Operations and Related Sciences (other)	✔	12	-
Computer and Information Sciences [+]	✕	14 completers	-
Computer and Information Sciences	✕	14	-
Personal and Culinary Services [+]	✕	20 completers	-
Cooking and Related Culinary Arts	✕	20	-
Education [+]	✕	5 completers	-
Early Childhood Education and Teaching	✕	5	-
Engineering Technology [+]	✕	28 completers	-
Electrical, Electronic and Communications Engineering Technology/Technician	✕	4	-
Environmental Engineering Technology/Environmental Technology	✕	0	-
Construction Engineering Technology/Technician	✕	18	-
Drafting and Design Technology/Technician	✕	6	-
Legal Studies [+]	✕	11 completers	-
Legal Assistant/Paralegal	✕	11	-
Liberal Arts and Sciences, Humanities [+]	✔ (2 completers)	677 completers	-
Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies	✔	531	-
General Studies	✔	146	-
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, and Firefighting [+]	✕	7 completers	-
Criminal Justice/Law Enforcement Administration	✕	0	-
Criminal Justice/Safety Studies	✕	5	-
Fire Services Administration	✕	2	-
Forensic Science and Technology	✕	0	-
Visual and Performing Arts [+]	✕	15 completers	-
Visual and Performing Arts	✕	3	-
Commercial and Advertising Art	✕	12	-
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✔ (1 completers)	125 completers	-
Health Information/Medical Records Technology/Technician	✔	11	-
Physical Therapy Technician/Assistant	✕	12	-
Emergency Medical Technology/Technician (EMT Paramedic)	✕	9	-
Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist	✕	16	-
Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse	✕	77	-
Business [+]	✕	146 completers	-
Business/Commerce	✕	29	-
Business Administration and Management	✕	117	-
	Total	1,060

Admission, Enrollment, and Graduation

Total 7,593 students are attending at NorthWest Arkansas Community College. There are 153 full-time faculty (instructional/teaching staffs) and 311 part-time faculty teaching for the school.

The students to faculty ratio is 13 to 1 (7.69%). The number of non-teaching staffs is 395 (full-time) and 368 (part-time).

The graduation rate of NorthWest Arkansas Community College is 24% and transfer-out rate is 17%. The retention rate is 61% at the school.

NWACC 2023 Key Statistics
Student Population	7,593
Graduation Rate	24%
Number of Faculty	464
Student to Faculty Ratio	13 to 1

Student Population at NWACC

For the academic year 2021-2022, total 7,037 students enrolled into NorthWest Arkansas Community College. By gender, 2,894 male and 4,143 female students are attending the school.

The following table summarizes the student population by gender and attending status for NorthWest Arkansas Community College.

Student Population By Gender
NorthWest Arkansas Community College
	Total	Male	Female
Total	7,037	2,894	4,143
Full-time	1,804	772	1,032
Part-tme	5,233	2,122	3,111

There are 4,445 White (63.17%), 182 Black/African American (2.59%), 1,453 Hispanic (20.65%), 230 Asian (3.27%), and 2,145 students with other races attending NorthWest Arkansas Community College. 53 students are enrolled with non-resident alien status.

Student Population By Race/ethnicity at NorthWest Arkansas Community College
	Total	Male	Female
Total	7,037	2,894	4,143
American Indian/Native American	71	28	43
Asian	230	97	133
Black/African American	182	78	104
Hispanic	1,453	528	925
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	35	15	20
White	4,445	1,882	2,563
Two More	353	142	211
Un-Known	215	102	113
Non-resident Alien	53	22	31

NorthWest Arkansas Community College offers the distance learning opportunities (online classes) for career programs.

2,834 students (40.27% of total students) are enrolled online exclusively and 2,012 students (28.59% of total students) are enrolled some online courses. The following table summarizes the online student population for NorthWest Arkansas Community College.

Distance Learning Student Population at NorthWest Arkansas Community College
	Number of Students
Total	7,037
Enrolled Online Exclusively	2,834
Enrolled Some Online Courses	2,012
Not in Online Courses	2,191

By age range, at NorthWest Arkansas Community College, 1,724 students are aged 20 to 24 (24.50% of total students), 3,798 students are aged below 20 (53.97%), 102 students are aged above 50 (2.44%).

Graduate Student Population By Age at NorthWest Arkansas Community College
	Total	Male	Female
Total	7,037	2,894	4,143
Under 18	2,108	850	1,258
Age 18-19	1,690	722	968
Age 20-21	997	437	560
Age 22-24	727	315	412
Age 25-29	629	255	374
Age 30-34	381	140	241
Age 35-39	218	81	137
Age 40-49	185	59	126
Age 50-64	86	28	58
Over 64	16	7	9

Directory and Accreditation Information

NorthWest Arkansas Community College is accredited by Higher Learning Commission (1/1/1995 - Current[Estimated Date]).

The following list shows the contact and directory information of NorthWest Arkansas Community College.

One College Drive, Bentonville, AR

479-986-4000

School Website

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Financial Aid Information

2023 Tuition & Fees, Living Costs

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