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Located in Bentonville, Arkansas, NorthWest Arkansas Community College is a public institution. Bentonville is a great location for students who prefer city over country life.

Where Is NorthWest Arkansas Community College?

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Contact details for NWACC are given below.

Contact Details
Address: One College Drive, Bentonville, AR 72712-5091
Phone: 479-986-4000
Website: www.nwacc.edu

How Do I Get Into NWACC?

You can apply to NWACC online at: https://www2.nwacc.edu/dbServerNPROD/bwskalog.p_disploginnew

NorthWest Arkansas Community College has an open admissions policy. This means that the school accepts all applicants assuming that they meet very basic requirements, such as having a high school diploma or equivalent.

Can I Afford NorthWest Arkansas Community College?

17% Take Out Loans
4.6% Loan Default Rate

Student Loan Debt

Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. At NWACC, approximately 17% of students took out student loans averaging $5,548 a year. That adds up to $22,192 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at NWACC is 4.6%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.

NorthWest Arkansas Community College Undergraduate Student Diversity

1,804 Full-Time Undergraduates
57% Women
36% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
There are 7,037 undergraduate students at NWACC, with 1,804 being full-time and 5,233 being part-time.

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Gender Diversity

Of the 1,804 full-time undergraduates at NWACC, 43% are male and 57% are female.

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Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of NorthWest Arkansas Community College students is as follows.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Grads
Asian 59
Black or African American 42
Hispanic or Latino 413
White 1,097
International Students 23
Other Races/Ethnicities 170

Over 40 countries are represented at NWACC. The most popular countries sending students to the school are Saudi Arabia, Vietnam, and China.

Online Learning at NorthWest Arkansas Community College

2,834 Took All Classes Online
4,846 Took At Least One Class Online
51.4% Avg Growth Over 4 Years
In 2020-2021, 4,846 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at NWACC has changed over the last few years.

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This school is the 9th most popular in Arkansas for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2020-2021.

Online Growth Rankings of NWACC

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at NorthWest Arkansas Community College was 51.4%. This is the #491 largest growth rate of all schools that are mostly online. This refers to all students at NWACC regardless of major.

When we speak of partially online, we are referring to schools whose online population is less than 50% of its total student body. Mostly online refers to those with online populations greater than or equal to 50%.

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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