North Arkansas College

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#12165 / #3211
Global Influence / U.S. Influence
Community college in Harrison, Arkansas, U.S.

North Arkansas College at a Glance

U.S. influence rank
#3211
Tuition and fees (2025–26)
$3,840
Graduation rate
41%
Undergraduates (fall 2024)
1,202

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About North Arkansas College

According to Wikipedia, North Arkansas College is a public community college in Harrison, Arkansas. It serves the citizens of Boone, Carroll, Marion, Searcy, Newton, and Madison counties in northern Arkansas. Northark has two campuses in Harrison and one in Berryville, Arkansas.

North Arkansas College's Online Degrees

Undergraduate Certificate in Accounting
  • Required Credits: 30
  • Completion Time: 1 year
  • Format: Fully online
Undergraduate Certificate in Office Management
  • Required Credits: 30
  • Completion Time: 1 year
  • Format: Fully online
Undergraduate Certificate in Small Business Management
  • Required Credits: 30
  • Completion Time: 1 year
  • Format: Fully online
AAS in Business Administration
Degree Concentrations
  • Accounting
  • Management
  • Required Credits: 60
  • Completion Time: 2 years
  • Format: Fully online
AS in Business
  • Required Credits: 62
  • Completion Time: 2 years
  • Format: Fully online
Undergraduate Certificate in Biomedical Electronics Technology
  • Required Credits: 21
  • Completion Time: 1.5 years
  • Format: Fully online
AGS in General Studies
  • Required Credits: 31
  • Completion Time: 1 year
  • Format: Fully online
Undergraduate Certificate in General Studies
  • Required Credits: 31
  • Completion Time: 1 year
  • Format: Fully online
AA in Liberal Arts
  • Required Credits: 60
  • Completion Time: 2 years
  • Format: Fully online
AAS in Medical Laboratory Technology
  • Required Credits: 60
  • Completion Time: 2 years
  • Format: Fully online

North Arkansas College Admissions, Retention, and Graduation Information

Retention RateGraduation Rate
54%41%

Source: U.S. Department of Education (College Scorecard and NCES); acceptance rate for fall 2024; test scores for fall 2024; applications and enrollment for fall 2023; retention for students who started in fall 2023; graduation rate within six years for students who started in 2019.

How Much Does North Arkansas College Cost To Attend?

Tuition and fees (in-state)
$3,840
Average Net Price by Family Income (2024–25)
IncomeAverage Net Cost
0 - 30K$9,355
30K - 48K$10,567
48K - 75K$8,384
75K - 110K$13,704
110K+$14,563

Source: U.S. Department of Education (College Scorecard and NCES); tuition and fees for 2025–26; net price for 2024–25, for first-time, full-time students receiving financial aid.

How Much Do North Arkansas College Graduates Make?

Ten years after starting college, former North Arkansas College students who received federal financial aid earn a median of $40,192 a year, and 81% of those not still in school are working.

Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard; students who started college in 2011–12 or 2012–13, measured in 2022 and 2023, in 2024 dollars.

North Arkansas College's Demographics

Students enrolled at any time during the 2023–24 school year, including part-time and online students.

Student BodyUnder-Grads
2,4092,409

Source: National Center for Education Statistics; 12-month enrollment for 2023–24.

Where is North Arkansas College?

North Arkansas College is located at 1515 Pioneer Drive, Harrison, AR 72601-5508.

How Safe is North Arkansas College?

No violent or property offenses were reported on North Arkansas College’s campus in 2024. Its figures can also be looked up in the U.S. Department of Education’s Campus Safety and Security database.

Relative to its enrollment, North Arkansas College has a violent crime rate of less than 0.01% and a property crime rate of less than 0.01%. Harrison has a violent crime rate of 0.32% and a property (including theft) crime rate of 1.87%. Sources: campus: U.S. Department of Education Campus Safety and Security data, on-campus offenses in 2024 (violent: murder, rape, robbery and aggravated assault; property: burglary, motor vehicle theft and arson, which excludes ordinary theft); city: FBI Crime Data Explorer, offenses reported to the city police in 2024.

What Is North Arkansas College Known For?

North Arkansas College is known for its academic work in the following disciplines:

North Arkansas College's Top Areas of Influence With Degrees Offered

Each rank compares how much North Arkansas College's faculty and alumni have shaped a field with other schools, using Wikipedia, Wikidata and scholarly citation databases such as Crossref and Semantic Scholar. World and U.S. ranks reflect modern influence; the historical rank counts influence across all time. How we rank influence

Computer Science
#7509
World Rank
#7515
Historical Rank
#1911
USA Rank

North Arkansas College ranks #1911 in the U.S. and #7509 worldwide for influence in Computer Science.

computer-science Degrees
Criminal Justice
#5203
World Rank
#5205
Historical Rank
#2504
USA Rank

North Arkansas College ranks #2504 in the U.S. and #5203 worldwide for influence in Criminal Justice.

criminal-justice Degrees
Medical
#9512
World Rank
#9514
Historical Rank
#2672
USA Rank

North Arkansas College ranks #2672 in the U.S. and #9512 worldwide for influence in Medical.

medicine Degrees
Engineering
#11655
World Rank
#11662
Historical Rank
#2703
USA Rank

North Arkansas College ranks #2703 in the U.S. and #11655 worldwide for influence in Engineering.

engineering Degrees
Business
#9996
World Rank
#9996
Historical Rank
#2797
USA Rank

North Arkansas College ranks #2797 in the U.S. and #9996 worldwide for influence in Business.

business Degrees
Education
#11976
World Rank
#11980
Historical Rank
#3219
USA Rank

North Arkansas College ranks #3219 in the U.S. and #11976 worldwide for influence in Education.

education Degrees
Communications
#12421
World Rank
#12432
Historical Rank
#3390
USA Rank

North Arkansas College ranks #3390 in the U.S. and #12421 worldwide for influence in Communications.

communications Degrees