NORTH ARKANSAS COLLEGE B-8

1515 Pioneer Dr.
Harrison, AR 72601
Tel: (870)743-3000
Free: 800-679-6622
Admissions: (870)391-3221
Fax: (870)391-3339
E-mail: [email protected]
Web Site: http://www.northark.edu/

Description:

State and locally supported, 2-year, coed. Awards certificates, transfer associate, and terminal associate degrees. Founded 1974. Setting: 40-acre small town campus. Endowment: $103,275. Educational spending 2003-04: $5322 per student. Total enrollment: 2,120. 673 applied, 100% were admitted. Full-time: 1,219 students, 61% women, 39% men. Part-time: 901 students, 62% women, 38% men. Students come from 14 states and territories, 5% from out-of-state, 1% Native American, 2% Hispanic, 1% black, 0.2% Asian American or Pacific Islander, 0% international, 40% 25 or older, 5% transferred in. Retention: 48% of full-time freshmen returned the following year. Core. Calendar: semesters. Academic remediation for entering students, services for LD students, advanced placement, freshman honors college, honors program, independent study, distance learning, summer session for credit, part-time degree program, adult/continuing education programs.

Entrance Requirements:

Open admission. Option: deferred admission. Required for some: high school transcript. Placement: ACT, ACT ASSET, ACT COMPASS required. Entrance: noncompetitive. Application deadline: Rolling. Notification: continuous.

Costs Per Year:

Application fee: $0. Area resident tuition: $1320 full-time, $44 per credit hour part-time. State resident tuition: $1650 full-time, $55 per credit hour part-time. Nonresident tuition: $3390 full-time, $113 per credit hour part-time. Mandatory fees: $150 full-time, $5 per credit hour part-time, $75 per term part-time. Full-time tuition and fees vary according to location and reciprocity agreements. Part-time tuition and fees vary according to location and reciprocity agreements.

Collegiate Environment:

Drama-theater group, choral group. Social organizations: 8 open to all. Most popular organizations: Phi Beta Lambda, Phi Theta Kappa, Student Nurses Association, Vocational Industrial Clubs, Baptist Student Union. Major annual events: cookouts, Homecoming, plays. Student services: personal-psychological counseling. Campus security: 24-hour patrols. College housing not available. North Arkansas College Library plus 1 other with 29,969 books, 5,671 microform titles, 340 serials, 2,879 audiovisual materials, an OPAC, and a Web page. Operations spending 2003-04: $356,001. 200 computers available on campus for general student use. A campuswide network can be accessed from off-campus. Staffed computer lab on campus.