National Park College is a two-year institution of higher learning located in Hot Springs, Arkansas. NPC was founded in 2003 as a result of a merger between fully accredited Garland County Community College and Quapaw Technical Institute, which had been established in 1973 and 1969, respectively. It is now one of the state's largest community colleges, enrolling 3,000 students annually in credit programs and an additional 3,800 students in non-credit programs.