by our College Data Analytics TeamNWACC earned 29 ranking badges in the 2027 College Factual rankings: 1 in the top 1%, 3 in the top 5%, 12 in the top 10% and 13 in the top 15% of the schools in each ranking. Its highest placement is #1 of 23 in Highest Paid Graduates (Arkansas), a top 1% award.
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Source: IPEDS 2025; College Scorecard July 2026; College Factual rankings 2027. Data as of: July 2026.
NorthWest Arkansas Community College holds 29 ranking badges across 7 fields of study, 4 of them in the top 5% or better; each badge is an award for placing in the top 15% of a ranking. It has no placements this edition in College Factual’s athletics rankings. Rankings on this page are updated as new federal data is released. These badges come from the 2027 edition. A check mark sits in the highest award tier the school reached. See our data sources and methodologies. Administrators interested in displaying College Factual badges can contact us.
| Award Level | Badges |
|---|---|
| Top 1% | 1 |
| Top 5% | 3 |
| Top 10% | 12 |
| Top 15% | 13 |
| Total | 29 |
NorthWest Arkansas Community College is best known for Health Professions: 9 of its 28 traditional-student awards are in that field. Its top-ranked majors include Allied Health Services, Health Sciences & Services and Culinary Arts.
| Ranking | Top 15% | Top 10% | Top 5% | Top 1% |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Best for the Money | ✓ | |||
| Best for the Money (Southeast) | ✓ | |||
| Best for the Money (Arkansas) | ✓ | |||
| Ethnic Diversity (Arkansas) | ✓ | |||
| Most Popular (Arkansas) | ✓ | |||
| Highest Paid Graduates (Southeast) | ✓ | |||
| Highest Paid Graduates (Arkansas) | ✓ |
| Ranking | Top 15% | Top 10% | Top 5% | Top 1% |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Best Value | ✓ | |||
| Business & Commerce | ||||
| Best Value | ✓ | |||
| Business Administration & Management | ||||
| Best Value | ✓ |
| Ranking | Top 15% | Top 10% | Top 5% | Top 1% |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Teacher Education Grade Specific | ||||
| Best Value | ✓ |
| Ranking | Top 15% | Top 10% | Top 5% | Top 1% |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Construction Engineering | ||||
| Most Popular | ✓ | |||
| Most Focused | ✓ |
| Ranking | Top 15% | Top 10% | Top 5% | Top 1% |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Best Value | ✓ | |||
| Allied Health Services | ||||
| Top Ranked | ✓ | |||
| Most Popular | ✓ | |||
| Highest Paid Graduates | ✓ | |||
| Dental Support Services | ||||
| Top Ranked | ✓ | |||
| Health Sciences & Services | ||||
| Most Popular | ✓ | |||
| Highest Paid Graduates | ✓ | |||
| Most Focused | ✓ | |||
| Nursing & Nursing Assistants | ||||
| Top Ranked | ✓ |
| Ranking | Top 15% | Top 10% | Top 5% | Top 1% |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Best Value | ✓ | |||
| Natural Resource Management | ||||
| Best Value | ✓ |
| Ranking | Top 15% | Top 10% | Top 5% | Top 1% |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Top Ranked | ✓ | |||
| Best Value | ✓ | |||
| Culinary Arts | ||||
| Top Ranked | ✓ | |||
| Most Popular | ✓ |
In College Factual’s 2027 online-program rankings, NorthWest Arkansas Community College earned 1 badge across 1 online program; its highest placement is #48 of 584 in Most Popular Online for Liberal Arts General Studies.
| Ranking | Top 15% | Top 10% | Top 5% | Top 1% |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Arts General Studies | ||||
| Most Popular Online | ✓ |
NorthWest Arkansas Community College earned no veterans badge in the 2027 edition; its highest placement in College Factual’s veterans rankings is #1,280 of 4,939 in Best for Veterans (top 26%).
Badges on this page come from rankings based primarily on data from the U.S. Department of Education, 2027 edition. NorthWest Arkansas Community College appears in 116 of the College Factual rankings covered on this page.
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