-66%
100%-time completion
100%-time completion at Northwest Technical Institute fell 66% between 2009 and 2010 (71.7% → 24.2%).
Arkansas · Public · Predominantly certificates
Northwest Technical Institute
Springdale, Arkansas. 217 undergraduate students. 16 programs in the federal Field-of-Study dataset.
ANOMALY ENGINE · NOTABLE SIGNALS
What the data flags at Northwest Technical Institute
Short-arc shifts (recent 3-year window), peer outliers, earnings trend breaks, completion drops, enrollment cliffs, and debt-to-earnings warnings — surfaced deterministically from the federal record. Multi-decade shifts are reported separately in the Long Arc section, since 25-year tuition drift isn't really an anomaly.
+41%
In-state tuition
In-state tuition at Northwest Technical Institute rose 41% between 2021 and 2024 ($4.5k → $6.3k).
+41%
Out-of-state tuition
Out-of-state tuition at Northwest Technical Institute rose 41% between 2021 and 2024 ($4.5k → $6.3k).
-36%
First-year retention
First-year retention at Northwest Technical Institute fell 36% between 2021 and 2024 (92.2% → 59.4%).
SECTION 01 · OUTCOMES SNAPSHOT
The numbers, vs. Arkansas
Each tile compares this institution to the Arkansas median for the same metric. Sub-line shows the comparison value, not an interpretation. Sparklines trace the federally available history.
$41,513+1% · 6→10y
Arkansas median $34,871$41,241
Treasury earnings · 6y post-entry73.3%+18% · '97→'10
Arkansas median 47.1%—
At program completion217-84% · '96→'24
latest IPEDS67.0%-27% · '04→'24
first-time, full-time—
latest cohort$5,184+471% · '00→'24
out-of-state $5,184SECTION 02 · EARNINGS HORIZONS
How earnings spread, 4 to 10 years after entry
Treasury tax-record earnings for federally aided students who first enrolled at this institution. Each point is a horizon from the most-recent vintage. Single median per horizon (no p25/p75 publishing).
Earnings widen with time post-entry. Selection: federal-aid recipients only — not all graduates.Methodology →
SECTION 04 · LONG ARC
Ten-plus year arc
Federally available history. Coverage varies by metric — IPEDS publishes some series only after 2009 and others only before.
Undergraduate enrollment.
150%-time completion rate.
-66%
Northwest Technical Institute · completion · 100% fell
71.7% → 24.2%
-27%
Northwest Technical Institute · retention fell
81.0% → 59.4%
-84%
Northwest Technical Institute · undergrad enrollment fell
1,263 → 206
+471%
Northwest Technical Institute · in-state tuition rose
$1,100 → $6,277
+305%
Northwest Technical Institute · out-of-state tuition rose
$1,550 → $6,277
+106%
Northwest Technical Institute · pell share rose
38.2% → 78.8%
+49%
Northwest Technical Institute · earnings_median_10yr rose
$27,800 → $41,513
+41%
Northwest Technical Institute · earnings_median_8yr rose
$28,900 → $40,780
+55%
Northwest Technical Institute · earnings_median_6yr rose
$26,600 → $41,241
SECTION 05 · PROGRAMS
Ranked by 5-year earnings
Each row is one (CIP × credential) program reported by the institution in College Scorecard's Field-of-Study data. Cohort floor is 30 students; below this, federal data is suppressed.
SECTION 06 · BY CIP FAMILY
2 programs with earnings, grouped
Programs are grouped by 2-digit CIP family. Programs without reported earnings are hidden to keep the list focused.
MECHANIC & REPAIR TECHNOLOGIES · CIP 47
HEALTH PROFESSIONS · CIP 51
SECTION 07 · SIMILAR INSTITUTIONS
Same sector and degree mix in Arkansas
Picked by Carnegie sector × predominant credential level. These are not rankings — just nearest-neighbour surfaces for comparison.
CAUSAL DISCIPLINE
“Northwest Technical Institute graduates earn $X” — not “Northwest Technical Institute makes you earn $X”
Median earnings describe what cohorts earned. They do not describe what attending Northwest Technical Institute caused. Selection effects (who admits, who enrolls, who completes) are real. We publish federal data with strict descriptive phrasing — and link the methodology where you can read about the limitations directly.