Northwest Technical Institute
Public College in Springdale, AR. Median 10-year earnings $41,513.
Academics
The federal six-year graduation rate is not published here — typically because the entering cohort this measure follows is too small or too atypical to report. Treat completion as unknown rather than assuming either direction. Just 59% of first-years come back — most of the completion gap opens in year one. The 8:1 student-faculty ratio is small enough that seminar-sized classes are the norm. As a public short-program institution, the relevant comparison is other two-year schools rather than the national average across all institutions. This is a small school — 217 undergraduates — so cohorts are tight and the program list is necessarily short.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 217 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Students pay an average of $15,348 annually once grants are applied. Net price varies modestly by income — $15,900 at $0–30k against $16,992 at $110k+ — so the average is a fair guide for most families. Grant aid is widespread — 97% of students receive it, averaging $5,602.
Entering first-year students
A different, smaller group than the rates above: full-time students in their first year of college anywhere. The grant series here also excludes the "other sources" counted in the all-undergraduate figure, so the two are not comparable.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · 214 students
Net price by family income
The same students as the headline above, limited to those who received Title IV federal aid — a narrower group, with a lower overall average. IPEDS publishes no combined figure across these bands, so they should not be averaged into one.
| Family income band | Average net price |
|---|---|
| $0–30k | $15,900 |
| $30–48k | $16,026 |
| $48–75k | $16,061 |
| $75–110k | $16,331 |
| $110k+ | $16,992 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Washington County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026
Veterans & GI Bill
VA GI Bill Comparison Tool (Veterans Affairs GIDS)