Northwest Arkansas Community College - NWACC

NWACC

NorthWest Arkansas Community College is a smart choice for students wanting to pursue quality higher education. As an accredited institution through the Arkansas Department of Higher Education, NWACC is a public two-year institution that serves and strengthens its surrounding communities in Benton and Washington counties by helping our students maximize their potential and exceed expectations. With state-of-the-art facilities, NWACC provides excellent academic instruction and workforce training needed to succeed, offering personalized attention from highly respected faculty, staff, and administrators. For more information, visit www.nwacc.edu.

It is only fitting that the College’s mission emphasizes serving the community that has been so committed to establishing and supporting the institution. NWACC focuses on maintaining three important components in carrying out its mission:

Quality – providing a quality education via the following methods:

• faculty teaching instead of teaching assistants
• hiring faculty with preference for master’s and doctoral degrees
• smaller class sizes

Accessibility – making classes available via the following methods:

• multiple locations throughout Benton and Washington counties
• offering traditional, distance learning, online, and hybrid classes
• offering classes at convenient times, including evenings and weekends

Affordability – committed to controlling tuition and other costs for students via the following methods:

• maximizing efficient use of all resources to control tuition and other costs for students
• fundraising from a variety of sources to supplement state funding
• obtaining grants to establish, support, and sustain programs