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Community college · Public

Black River Technical College

Pocahontas, AR554 online only

Black River Technical College is a public community college in Pocahontas, AR, with about 990 students on campus.

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Students on campus
990
plus 554 studying only online
Admission rate
Open
open enrollment
Net price a year
$5,095
tuition and fees $4,776; the net price adds housing and food
Graduation rate
55%
lower than at 63% of 2-year colleges
Earnings, 10 yrs later
$34,818
lower than at 68% of U.S. colleges
Getting in

How hard is it to get into Black River Technical College?

Open

anyone with a high school diploma can enroll

Test scores of admitted students

No SAT or ACT ranges reported. Black River Technical College is likely test-optional.

What it costs

The sticker price, and what families really pay

Sticker price: $14,374 a year

Before any grants · out-of-state tuition $7,488

Tuition & fees (in state) $4,776Books & supplies $2,696Other costs $6,902

After grants, the average family on aid pays $5,095.

Tuition and fees are $4,776 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

$7,435

About $14,870 over 2 years · 48% off the sticker price

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

Do students finish, and does it pay off?

Graduate
55%
within 3 years · Pell students 48%
Come back for year two
57%
full-time first-year students
Earnings, 10 years later
$34,818
median, students on federal aid
Typical debt
$9,500
about $101 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

3.9%
0%10%: a common comfort line25%

$101 a month against about $2,605 a month in pay.

Paying back loans

Federal student loans, this college

45%

of borrowers paid down at least some of their loan within three years, more than at 49% 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
$32k
Middle income$30–75k
$39k
Higher incomeover $75k
$50k
Majors

What students study, and what it pays

Share of degrees by field

Health professions 39%Liberal arts 19%Precision production 13%Mechanic & repair 7%Engineering tech 6%Public safety 5%Everything else 11%

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 Humanities210 graduates a year · typical debt $8,615
$34k4 yrs out
Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services89 graduates a year
—not reported
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing68 graduates a year · typical debt $12,931
$73k4 yrs out
Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions13 graduates a year
$50k4 yrs out
Agricultural Production Operations9 graduates a year
—not reported
Business Administration, Management and Operations9 graduates a year
—not reported
Industrial Production Technologies/Technicians7 graduates a year
—not reported
Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications5 graduates a year
—not reported
Who goes there

The students

903 degree-seeking undergraduates.

By race and ethnicity

White 86%Hispanic 4%Black 5%Two or more 4%

Women and men

Women 71%Men 29%
16 : 1
students per teacher
37%
get Pell grants (lower income)
11%
take federal loans
25%
undergrads 25 or older
36%
study part time
The town around it

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2% of Pocahontas’s 7,622 residents are enrolled in college. What the town is like, from TownRatings’ Pocahontas pages.

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Nearby

Other colleges within 30 miles

Straight-line distances from Black River Technical College; colleges with 100 or more students on campus.

Williams Baptist UniversityUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · Walnut Ridge
7.9 mi491 students
Crowley's Ridge CollegeUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · Paragould
23.8 mi189 students

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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.