Public · Community college
Northwest Technical Institute
Springdale, Arkansas · Small city
- 4%
- Transfer rate
- $15,992
- Avg net price
- 74%
- Grad / completion
- $41,513
- Median earnings
Northwest Technical Institute is a public certificate-granting institution in Springdale, Arkansas (small city setting), enrolling 206 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.
About Springdale, Arkansas
Springdale is a city in Washington and Benton counties in the U.S. state of Arkansas. Springdale was formerly called Shiloh and was platted under that original name in 1866. In 1878, the town was incorporated with the name of Springdale. The Springdale Post Office contains a 1939 Natalie Smith Henry mural, titled Local Industries, commissioned by the Treasury Department's Section of Fine Arts. Depictions of poultry and fruit farmers reflected the early industries of Tyson Foods and Welch's Grape Juice Company. (Wikipedia)
- Setting
- Small city
- Highest degree offered
- Certificate
- Nearest big city
- 8 miles to Fayetteville, AR
- To the ocean
- 428 miles
- Nearest airport
- 13 miles to Northwest Arkansas National (XNA)
How Northwest Technical Institute compares
Higher than 68% · #8 of 47 in Arkansas
Higher than 22%
Higher than 75% · #6 of 43 in Arkansas
Cheaper than 47% · #39 cheapest of 49 in Arkansas
Lower than 89%
Larger than 46%
Percentiles compare Northwest Technical Institute 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
- Women8039%
- Men12661%
Undergraduates by race / ethnicity
- White51%
- Black4.9%
- Hispanic33%
- Asian1.5%
- Other or multiracial9.2%
Graduate gender splits aren't published in this data, so the gender chart covers undergraduates only.
By the numbers
- Undergraduate enrollment
- 206
- Student–faculty ratio
- 8 : 1
- Pell Grant recipients
- 79%
- First-generation students
- 59%
- Students over 25
- 39%
- Median family income
- $21,612
Colleges don't publish true class-size data; student–faculty ratio (IPEDS) is the closest public measure of it.
Cost
- In-state tuition
- $6,277
- Room & board
- —
- Books & supplies
- $1,400
- Total cost of attendance
- $19,487
- Average net price
- $15,992
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
- 74%
- First-year retention
- 59%
- Transferred to another college
- 4%
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $41,241
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $41,513
- Median debt at graduation
- —
- Students with federal loans
- 0%
Campus life & athletics
- On-campus housing
- No
- Application fee
- $10
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.
Does the school pay you to attend?
Grant aid from the school's own funds — the discount off sticker, on top of any federal or state help.
Modest institutional aid: 14% of freshmen get a grant from the school, averaging $1,078. Most of what lowers the price here is federal or state money, not the school's own funds.
Blends need-based and merit aid — IPEDS doesn't split the two, so a high number can mean generous merit scholarships, deep need-based aid, or both. Figures cover 197 full-time first-year undergraduates, 2022–23. Source: IPEDS Student Financial Aid.
Is it worth it?
A rough return-on-investment read from what graduates earn versus what they borrow.
- Median earnings (10 years)
- $41,513
- Typical debt at graduation
- —
- Debt vs. one year's pay
- —
- Out-earn a HS grad
- 57%
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.
Men out-earn women by $3,327 (9%) 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
- 89°F
- Winter low
- 27°F
- Annual rain
- 46.3″
- Annual snow
- 9.5″
Average temperature
HighLowAverage precipitation (inches)
NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Fayetteville Exp Stn, AR US station (6.2 mi from campus).
What Northwest Technical Institute 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.
Colleges similar to Northwest Technical Institute
Schools with a comparable profile — size, selectivity, cost, and graduate outcomes. Compare Northwest Technical Institute side by side →
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- 175
- Tuition
- —
- Transfer
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- Earnings
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- Tuition
- —
- Transfer
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TCAT Athens
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Cape Girardeau, Missouri · Small city · 100 mi to St. Louis
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- Tuition
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- Transfer
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University of New Mexico-Los Alamos Campus
Los Alamos, New Mexico · Distant town · 58 mi to Albuquerque
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- Tuition
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- Transfer
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- Earnings
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Lancaster County Career and Technology Center
Willow Street, Pennsylvania · Large suburb · 4 mi to Lancaster
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- 279
- Tuition
- —
- Transfer
- 0%
- Earnings
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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.