Community colleges
Community Colleges in Arkansas
CampusPin lists 22 public community colleges among Arkansas's 53 colleges, about 41.5% of the state's institutions. Community colleges are the most affordable on-ramp to higher education, with a median published in-state tuition of $3,516 in this snapshot.
Arkansas community colleges by the numbers
- Community colleges
- 22
- Share of state colleges
- 41.5%
- Median published in-state tuition
- $3,516
- National public 2-year median
- $4,288
- Lowest published tuition
- Arkansas Northeastern College ($2,570)
Counts and shares come from CampusPin's committed institution-distribution snapshot; the tuition median is the published in-state figure from the tuition-by-state snapshot. Those cover every community college in the state. Here a community college means a public two-year college; private two-year and career schools are not counted. The list below covers all 22 of them. Published prices are before financial aid, net price is typically lower, and lower tuition is not a measure of quality.
What work without a bachelor's degree pays in Arkansas
74% of jobs in Arkansas are in occupations the federal government reports as typically entered with an associate degree, a certificate, some college, a high-school diploma, or no formal credential. 33% of that employment pays more than $43,630, the median wage across all occupations there.
- Jobs not typically needing a bachelor's
- 74%
- Of those, paying above the local median
- 33%
- Arkansas median wage, all occupations
- $43,630
- Best-paid such occupation in Arkansas
- Power distributors and dispatchers ($117,370) — typically entered with a high school diploma or equivalent
These figures describe occupations, not graduates. They do not measure what community-college students in Arkansas earn, and they are not evidence that any credential caused the pay. Typical entry education is a national assignment describing what people entering an occupation usually hold, not a requirement and not a guarantee that a particular employer accepts it. A median describes everyone working in an occupation, experienced and new alike, so it is not a starting salary, and wages are not adjusted for cost of living.
All community colleges in Arkansas
- Arkansas Northeastern College, Blytheville · $2,570 published in-state tuition
- Arkansas State University Mid-South, West Memphis · $3,216 published in-state tuition
- Arkansas State University Three Rivers, Malvern · $3,788 published in-state tuition
- Arkansas State University-Beebe, Beebe · $3,336 published in-state tuition
- Arkansas State University-Mountain Home, Mountain Home · $3,312 published in-state tuition
- Arkansas State University-Newport, Newport · $3,312 published in-state tuition
- Black River Technical College, Pocahontas · $4,776 published in-state tuition
- Cossatot Community College of the University of Arkansas, De Queen · $4,200 published in-state tuition
- East Arkansas Community College, Forrest City · $3,300 published in-state tuition
- National Park College, Hot Springs · $5,600 published in-state tuition
- North Arkansas College, Harrison · $3,504 published in-state tuition
- NorthWest Arkansas Community College, Bentonville · $3,342 published in-state tuition
- Ozarka College, Melbourne · $3,820 published in-state tuition
- Phillips Community College of the University of Arkansas, Helena · $3,380 published in-state tuition
- South Arkansas College, El Dorado · $3,324 published in-state tuition
- Southeast Arkansas College, Pine Bluff · $5,200 published in-state tuition
- Southern Arkansas University Tech, Camden · $5,040 published in-state tuition
- University of Arkansas Community College Rich Mountain, Mena · $3,696 published in-state tuition
- University of Arkansas Community College-Batesville, Batesville · $3,630 published in-state tuition
- University of Arkansas Community College-Morrilton, Morrilton · $3,648 published in-state tuition
- University of Arkansas Hope-Texarkana, Hope · $3,880 published in-state tuition
- University of Arkansas-Pulaski Technical College, North Little Rock · $6,300 published in-state tuition
Why start at a Arkansas community college?
Community colleges typically offer open or less-selective admission, the lowest published tuition of any sector, and transfer pathways that let students complete lower-division coursework before moving to a four-year university. They also serve working and returning students with part-time, evening, and online options. Confirm transfer-credit and articulation agreements with each college and your target university. Because two-year colleges anchor the low-cost end of every state's mix, our cost and outcomes by state research puts that affordability in context against each state's overall medians.
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Data sources & methodology
Community-college counts and shares for Arkansas come from CampusPin's committed institution-distribution and tuition-by-state snapshots; the college list is compiled live from each institution's record.
Sources used across this page
Not every source informs every figure. Each data point draws on the source appropriate to it see the relevant section and the data dictionary for field-level provenance.
IPEDS / NCES College Navigator
Federal enrollment, admissions, tuition, retention, and program data. Released annually with a 1–2 year lag.
U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard
Net price by income band, post-graduation earnings, and federal aid context.
Institutional websites
Each school's official admissions, registrar, and financial-aid pages are the authoritative source for current details.
Where a value is unavailable it is shown as unavailable, never as 0, free, or a negative judgment. Always confirm final details with the institution before applying.
Suggested citation
CampusPin. Community Colleges in Arkansas. Retrieved from https://campuspin.com/community-colleges-in/arkansas