Arkansas Welding Academy
Jacksonville, Arkansas · Website
$35,590
net price a year, after grants
$35,590
net price a year, after grants
Arkansas Welding Academy is a for-profit under 2-year college in Jacksonville, Arkansas with 73 undergraduates. Its average net price after grants is $35,590 a year. 94% of students finish within 150% of the normal time. Graduates leave with a median $5,500 in federal student loans.
Updated Oct 10, 2026 · June 2026 data
Net price
$35,590
US median $17,138
Tuition and fees
-
Admission rate
Open
Completion rate
94%
Within 150% of the normal time, US 58%
Median debt
$5,500
About $58 a month
Earnings at 10 years
-
Cost
What a year costs: posted prices and the average after grants
Net price by family income
Average yearly cost after grants, for students who get aid
- Net price
- $35,590
- Cost of attendance
- $40,458
- Students with a need-based grant
- 71%
- Students with federal loans
- 58%
- Net price, family income under $30K
- $35,652
- Net price, family income $30K to $48K
- $36,131
- Net price, family income $48K to $75K
- $26,952
Net price is what students who get aid pay on average after grants.
Tuition and net price by year
School years 2018-19 to 2024-25. The year on the chart is the year the school year starts.
Yearly cost
Dollars a year
Admission, completion and retention
Share of applicants admitted, of students who finish and of first-year students who come back
Admission and students
- Admission rate
- Open admission
- Undergraduates
- 73
- Part-time students
- 0%
- Women
- 18%
- Students per teacher
- 18
- Completion rate
- 94%
- Retention rate
- 98%
- Highest degree
- Certificate
- Programs
- 1
- Other
- Open admission
Earnings and debt
Compared with the medians of the colleges of its state, of colleges of the same kind and of all US colleges
| Measure | College | AR median | Same kind | US median |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Net price | $35,590 | $14,044 | $18,528 | $17,138 |
| Tuition in-state | - | $7,334 | $15,471 | $11,837 |
| Admission rate | - | 74% | 90% | 78% |
| Completion rate | 94% | 50% | 75% | 58% |
| Retention rate | 98% | 66% | 83% | 75% |
| Median debt | $5,500 | $12,000 | $9,024 | $13,271 |
| Earnings after 6 years | - | $30,343 | $22,020 | $35,656 |
| Earnings after 10 years | - | $34,688 | $25,418 | $40,813 |
Best-paid programs
Median earnings 1 year after graduation
Same kind: US for-profit under 2-year colleges. Earnings and debt are medians of former students who received federal student aid.
Programs
1 fields of study and credentials, with graduates, debt and earnings
| Field of study | Graduates | Median debt | Earnings 1 yr | Earnings 4 yr | US median 4 yr | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Precision Metal WorkingCertificate | Certificate | 69 | $4,865 | $33,187 | $47,216 | $48,702 |
In the area
- Jobs, pay and new homes: the county of Jacksonville and Arkansas on Local Economy
- More colleges: All colleges in Arkansas
- Homes: Homes for sale in Arkansas
Questions and answers
How much does Arkansas Welding Academy cost?
$35,590 a year is the average net price at Arkansas Welding Academy after grants and scholarships., and the full cost of attendance with housing, food and books is $40,458. Families earning under $30,000 pay $35,652 on average.
What is the acceptance rate at Arkansas Welding Academy?
Arkansas Welding Academy has open admission: it accepts students who meet its basic requirements, such as a high school diploma.
How much student debt do Arkansas Welding Academy graduates have?
$5,500 is the median federal student loan debt of Arkansas Welding Academy graduates, about $58 a month over 10 years. The median across US colleges is $13,271. 58% of undergraduates take out federal loans.
What is the graduation rate at Arkansas Welding Academy?
94% of first-time, full-time students at Arkansas Welding Academy finish within 150% of the normal time. 98% of first-year students come back for a second year. The median of for-profit under 2-year colleges is 75%.
What are the most popular majors at Arkansas Welding Academy?
Precision Metal Working (69 certificate graduates) had the most graduates in the newest year, out of 1 programs.
Official public data, June 2026 release. Net price is for first-time, full-time students who get aid. Completion counts first-time, full-time students who finish within 150% of the normal time. Debt and earnings are medians of students who received federal student aid, measured a few years after they left, in the dollars of the year measured; earnings count former students who work and are not enrolled, including those who did not finish.