Which National Park College certificate program has the lowest debt?

Practical Nursing graduates leave with a median of $13,898 in federal loans, the lowest among 4 National Park College certificate programs that report debt.

How much does National Park College cost?

In-district tuition and fees are $5,600 a year, and $7,280 for out-of-state students. After grants and scholarships, the average net price is $12,720 a year.

How many National Park College programs report graduate pay?

4 associate's programs and 5 certificate programs at National Park College report first-year pay, and 7 of them also report federal debt.

National Park College Programs, Ranked by Graduate Pay and Debt

Public college
Hot Springs, AR
1,789 undergraduates

College Scorecard June 2026 release

The short answer

5 National Park College certificate programs report what graduates earn. Pre-Health Studies pays the most in the first year ($61,828), and Liberal Arts and General Studies the least ($26,893). The median program pays $42,364. National Park College also has 4 associate's programs that report pay.

In-district tuition and fees$5,600Per year. Out-of-state $7,280

Average net price after aid$12,720Per year

Graduation rate35%Within 1.5 times the normal program length

All 4 associate's programs, ranked

Each figure is the median for the program's graduates. "Rank in Arkansas" compares first-year pay with the same field's associate's programs across Arkansas. Programs that don't report a figure are listed last when you sort by it.

#	Program	Year 1 pay	Year 5 pay	Debt	Rank in Arkansas
1	NursingAbout 54 graduates a year	$67,783	$64,558	$16,250	6th of 18
2	Diagnostic and Treatment ProfessionsAbout 18 graduates a year	$48,020	$64,984	$13,773	5th of 8
3	Criminal JusticeAbout 17 graduates a year	$34,904	$34,416	Not reported	3rd of 3
4	Liberal Arts and General StudiesAbout 89 graduates a year	$25,253	$32,596	$15,512	11th of 16

Program names link to the program's own page, and Arkansas ranks link to the full ranking for the field. A program gets its own page when it reports both pay and debt and at least five Arkansas programs in the field do too.

One more associate's program reports debt but not pay, so it isn't listed.

All 5 certificate programs, ranked

Each figure is the median for the program's graduates. "Rank in Arkansas" compares first-year pay with the same field's certificate programs across Arkansas. Programs that don't report a figure are listed last when you sort by it.

#	Program	Year 1 pay	Year 5 pay	Debt	Rank in Arkansas
1	Pre-Health StudiesAbout 76 graduates a year	$61,828	Not reported	$14,740	1st of 1
2	Diagnostic and Treatment ProfessionsAbout 35 graduates a year	$44,165	Not reported	$15,594	3rd of 4
3	Practical NursingAbout 22 graduates a year	$42,364	$52,163	$13,898	4th of 12
4	Vehicle Maintenance and RepairAbout 130 graduates a year	$30,913	$31,622	Not reported	2nd of 3
5	Liberal Arts and General StudiesAbout 85 graduates a year	$26,893	Not reported	$15,500	3rd of 4

2 more certificate programs report debt but not pay, so they aren't listed.

Common questions

Pre-Health Studies graduates earn a median of $61,828 in their first year, the most of 5 National Park College certificate programs that report pay.

About this data

Earnings and debt only include students who received federal financial aid, and earnings only count graduates who were working and not enrolled in more school.
Debt only includes federal loans. Private loans and credit cards are not counted.
Tuition, net price, graduation rate, and admission rate are for the whole school, not one program.
Some schools with several campuses report one combined figure for all of them. We count each of those schools once, and leave them out of Arkansas rankings when their main campus is in another state.
Scorecard figures describe graduating classes from several years ago.

Sources

U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, field of study and institution files, June 2026 release
NCES, IPEDS tuition and fees, 2023-24, for in-district tuition labels