How much does NorthWest Arkansas Community College cost?

In-district tuition and fees are $3,342 a year, and $5,238 for out-of-state students. After grants and scholarships, the average net price is $7,196 a year.

How many NorthWest Arkansas Community College programs report graduate pay?

6 associate's programs and 4 certificate programs at NorthWest Arkansas Community College report first-year pay, and 8 of them also report federal debt.

NorthWest Arkansas Community College Programs, Ranked by Graduate Pay and Debt

Q: Which NorthWest Arkansas Community College associate's program has the lowest debt?

Liberal Arts and General Studies graduates leave with a median of $10,645 in federal loans, the lowest among 5 NorthWest Arkansas Community College associate's programs that report debt.

Public college
Bentonville, AR
4,953 undergraduates

College Scorecard June 2026 release

The short answer

6 NorthWest Arkansas Community College associate's programs report what graduates earn. Nursing pays the most in the first year ($67,192), and Culinary Arts the least ($26,025). The median program pays $42,143. NorthWest Arkansas Community College also has 4 certificate programs that report pay.

In-district tuition and fees$3,342Per year. Out-of-state $5,238

Average net price after aid$7,196Per year

Graduation rate31%Within 1.5 times the normal program length

All 6 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 71 graduates a year	$67,192	$65,022	$16,602	8th of 18
2	Diagnostic and Treatment ProfessionsAbout 18 graduates a year	$59,189	$48,905	$15,500	3rd of 8
3	Allied Health and Medical AssistingAbout 7 graduates a year	$52,397	Not reported	Not reported	1st of 3
4	BusinessAbout 29 graduates a year	$31,888	$54,965	$11,313	3rd of 5
5	Liberal Arts and General StudiesAbout 858 graduates a year	$30,703	$40,064	$10,645	3rd of 16
6	Culinary ArtsAbout 21 graduates a year	$26,025	Not reported	$12,500	1st of 2

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 4 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	Health SciencesAbout 169 graduates a year	$52,580	Not reported	$14,381	1st of 5
2	Liberal Arts and General StudiesAbout 207 graduates a year	$31,922	Not reported	$11,107	1st of 4
3	Dental Hygiene and AssistingAbout 18 graduates a year	$28,819	Not reported	Not reported	1st of 1
4	Culinary ArtsAbout 71 graduates a year	$25,996	Not reported	$12,500	1st of 1

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

Quick picks: associate's programs

Highest first-year pay

Nursing$67,192
Diagnostic and Treatment Professions$59,189
Allied Health and Medical Assisting$52,397
Business$31,888
Liberal Arts and General Studies$30,703

Lowest median debt

Liberal Arts and General Studies$10,645
Business$11,313
Culinary Arts$12,500
Diagnostic and Treatment Professions$15,500
Nursing$16,602

Largest programs

Liberal Arts and General StudiesAbout 858 graduates a year
NursingAbout 71 graduates a year
BusinessAbout 29 graduates a year
Culinary ArtsAbout 21 graduates a year
Diagnostic and Treatment ProfessionsAbout 18 graduates a year

Common questions

Nursing graduates earn a median of $67,192 in their first year, the most of 6 NorthWest Arkansas Community College associate's 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