Private for-profit · Community college
Arkansas Technical School
North Little Rock, Arkansas · Small city
- 0%
- Transfer rate
- $21,011
- Avg net price
- 58%
- Grad / completion
- $16,209
- Median earnings
Arkansas Technical School is a private for-profit certificate-granting institution in North Little Rock, Arkansas (small city setting), enrolling 123 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.
About North Little Rock, Arkansas
North Little Rock is a city in Pulaski County, Arkansas, United States. Originally named Argenta, Arkansas, the community was founded on April 18, 1871. In 1890, the city of Little Rock annexed Argenta as part of its eighth ward, preempting a competing petition to incorporate. Burns Park, one of the largest city-owned parks in the United States, contains a baseball and softball complex, soccer complex, campground, two golf courses, hiking trails, amusement park, and tennis complex. (Wikipedia)
- Setting
- Small city
- Highest degree offered
- Certificate
- Nearest big city
- 1 mile to Little Rock, AR
- To the ocean
- 324 miles
- Nearest airport
- 3 miles to Bill & Hillary Clinton National Airport/Adams Field (LIT)
How Arkansas Technical School compares
Higher than 46% · #16 of 47 in Arkansas
Higher than 11%
Higher than 1% · #42 of 43 in Arkansas
Cheaper than 29% · #46 cheapest of 49 in Arkansas
Lower than 11%
Lower than 12%
Larger than 33%
Percentiles compare Arkansas Technical School with the nation's 3,519 two-year and certificate schools, among schools reporting each statistic. State ranks count two-year and certificate schools in Arkansas.
Student body
Undergraduates by gender
- Women4234%
- Men8166%
Undergraduates by race / ethnicity
- White5.7%
- Black92%
- Hispanic2.4%
Graduate gender splits aren't published in this data, so the gender chart covers undergraduates only.
By the numbers
- Undergraduate enrollment
- 123
- Student–faculty ratio
- 25 : 1
- Pell Grant recipients
- 68%
- First-generation students
- 62%
- Students over 25
- 65%
- Median family income
- $9,512
Colleges don't publish true class-size data; student–faculty ratio (IPEDS) is the closest public measure of it.
Cost
- In-state tuition
- —
- Room & board
- —
- Total cost of attendance
- —
- Average net price
- $21,011
Net price is the total cost minus grants and scholarships — what students actually pay. It varies sharply by family income; see the breakdown below.
Outcomes
- Graduated
- 58%
- First-year retention
- 50%
- Transferred to another college
- 0%
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $16,624
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $16,209
- Median debt at graduation
- $16,500
- Students with federal loans
- 67%
- Paying down their loans (1 year in)
- 40%
Campus life & athletics
- On-campus housing
- No
- Application fee
- Free
Housing and fees: IPEDS 2023–24. Athletics rosters: Equity in Athletics data, 2024–25. Dorm capacity can include graduate and family housing, so the share of undergrads can top 100%.
What you'll actually pay, by family income
Average net price (total cost minus grants and scholarships) paid by aided students in each family-income band.
College Scorecard / IPEDS, most recent year. Family income is total household income; net price covers tuition, fees, room, board and supplies after grant aid, for students receiving federal aid.
Is it worth it?
A rough return-on-investment read from what graduates earn versus what they borrow.
- Median earnings (10 years)
- $16,209
- Typical debt at graduation
- $16,500
- Debt vs. one year's pay
- 102%
- Out-earn a HS grad
- 18%
Typical debt would take roughly 10.2 years to repay at about a tenth of median earnings.
The payoff is less clear-cut here — weigh the debt against the earnings and your intended field before borrowing heavily.
Earnings are the College Scorecard median for former students (working, not enrolled) 10 years after entry — not a guarantee, and they vary a lot by major. Debt is the median federal loan balance at graduation.
The pay gap here
Median earnings 10 years after entry, split by gender.
Women out-earn men by $2,783 (21%) a decade out.
Federal figures for former students working and not enrolled, 10 years after they first entered. A gap this wide usually reflects which majors men and women here tend to choose — not different pay for the same job.
Campus climate
- Summer high
- 92°F
- Winter low
- 31°F
- Annual rain
- 50.4″
- Annual snow
- 3.8″
Average temperature
HighLowAverage precipitation (inches)
NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Little Rock AP Adams Fld, AR US station (2.4 mi from campus).
What Arkansas Technical School graduates study — and earn
Median earnings of this school's own graduates 1 and 5 years after finishing each program, and median federal-loan debt at completion (College Scorecard). Small programs are privacy-suppressed (—). Click a major to compare colleges nationally.
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Source: US Department of Education College Scorecard (most recent cohorts), IPEDS institutional characteristics, Equity in Athletics (EADA) data, Clery Act Campus Safety and Security data, and NOAA US Climate Normals. Distances are straight-line from campus coordinates. Percentiles compare schools of the same level (four-year vs. two-year) that report each statistic.