Guest, Sign inJoin

Post to Piney

We’ll email a one-tap link to publish your post. No password, and nothing is public until you click it.
Already a member? Sign in
Community college · Public

National Park College

Piney, AR496 online only

National Park College is a public community college in Piney, AR, with about 1,812 students on campus.

Visit www.np.edu ↗Directions
Students on campus
1,812
plus 496 studying only online
Admission rate
Open
open enrollment
Net price a year
$12,720
tuition and fees $5,600; the net price adds housing and food
Graduation rate
35%
lower than at 84% of 2-year colleges
Earnings, 10 yrs later
$32,444
lower than at 74% of U.S. colleges
Getting in

How hard is it to get into National Park College?

Open

anyone with a high school diploma can enroll

Test scores of admitted students

No SAT or ACT ranges reported. National Park College is likely test-optional.

What it costs

The sticker price, and what families really pay

Sticker price: $19,331 a year

Before any grants · out-of-state tuition $7,280

Tuition & fees (in state) $5,600Room & board $6,750Books & supplies $1,500Other costs $5,481

After grants, the average family on aid pays $12,720.

Tuition and fees are $5,600 a year. The net price also counts housing, food and other costs at full price, so a student living at home pays less than it shows.

Your family’s price

Average net price after grants, by family income

$13,349

About $26,698 over 2 years · 31% off the sticker price

Under $30k$30–48k$48–75k$75–110kOver $110k
Outcomes

Do students finish, and does it pay off?

Graduate
35%
within 3 years · Pell students 32%
Come back for year two
51%
full-time first-year students
Earnings, 10 years later
$32,444
median, students on federal aid
Typical debt
$10,500
about $111 a month over 10 years

Debt vs. the paycheck

The typical loan payment as a share of a typical graduate’s monthly pay six years after starting

4.7%
0%10%: a common comfort line25%

$111 a month against about $2,361 a month in pay.

Paying back loans

Federal student loans, this college

37%

of borrowers paid down at least some of their loan within three years, more than at 33% of U.S. colleges.

Almost none defaulted within three years (payments on federal loans were paused from 2020 to 2023, so recent default rates are near zero everywhere).

Earnings by family background

Median earnings 10 years after starting, by family income at enrollment

Lower incomeunder $30k
$29k
Middle income$30–75k
$41k
Higher incomeover $75k
$47k
Majors

What students study, and what it pays

Share of degrees by field

Health professions 24%Liberal arts 21%Mechanic & repair 18%Precision production 15%Business 7%Public safety 5%Everything else 10%

Associate degree programs with the most graduates

And their graduates’ median earnings four years later (one year where that’s all that’s reported).

Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities89 graduates a year · typical debt $11,500
$36k4 yrs out
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing54 graduates a year · typical debt $15,250
$76k4 yrs out
Business/Commerce, General24 graduates a year
—not reported
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods19 graduates a year · typical debt $12,500
—not reported
Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions18 graduates a year · typical debt $9,806
$53k4 yrs out
Criminal Justice and Corrections17 graduates a year
$55k4 yrs out
Natural Sciences12 graduates a year
—not reported
Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science/Research and Allied Professions9 graduates a year
—not reported
Who goes there

The students

1,789 degree-seeking undergraduates.

By race and ethnicity

White 64%Hispanic 14%Black 11%Asian 1%Two or more 7%International 1%

Women and men

Women 64%Men 36%
16 : 1
students per teacher
48%
get Pell grants (lower income)
22%
take federal loans
21%
undergrads 25 or older
31%
study part time
The town around it

Living in Piney

2% of Piney’s 4,458 residents are enrolled in college. What the town is like, from TownRatings’ Piney pages.

Piney →
$971/momedian rent · about the state median$134Kmedian home value · 29% below the state31° / 92°January low / July high · 1" of snowD−Health GradeAll colleges in and near PineyCompare prices, admissions and outcomes
Nearby

Other colleges within 30 miles

Straight-line distances from National Park College; colleges with 100 or more students on campus.

Champion Christian CollegeUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · Hot Springs
3.2 mi131 students
Arkansas State University Three RiversCommunity college · Public · Malvern
19.3 mi1,887 students
Henderson State UniversityUniversity or college · Public · Arkadelphia
26.8 mi1,412 students
Ouachita Baptist UniversityUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · Arkadelphia
27 mi1,777 students

Ask around

Students, parents, alumni and the neighbors next door.

Town Square →
Start the conversation

Sources: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard (institution and field-of-study files) and IPEDS (Scorecard 06/10/2026 · IPEDS 2024 · fall 2023); town figures from the Census American Community Survey and NOAA climate normals. Graduation rates count first-time, full-time students; earnings and debt are for students who received federal aid. Distances are straight-line. Colleges are described, not graded (how TownRatings describes colleges). Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.