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Welding program at Ben Franklin Career Center
Dunbar, WV · Public less-than-2-year · (304) 766-0369 · School website
School takes federal student aid (IPEDS) Accreditor on file: Council on Occupational Education
The program in figures
- Tuition and fees, whole programIPEDS 2024-25, certificate (1 to under 2 years)
- $5,264
- Books and suppliesIPEDS 2024-25
- $1,184
- Listed cost
- $6,448
- LengthIPEDS
- 900 clock hours, 7 months
- CompletionsIPEDS 2023-24, all levels
- 17
- Graduates' median earnings, 1 year afterCollege Scorecard
- Not published (small cohort)
- National median, same field, 4 years afterCollege Scorecard, all schools
- $48,702
- Typical pay for welders, cutters, solderers and brazersBLS OEWS May 2025, Charleston, WV
- $48,000
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About this program
Ben Franklin Career Center awarded 17 welding credentials in 2023-24 (IPEDS), its second largest career program of 5 we list. Its listed tuition of $5,264 compares with a West Virginia median wage of $48,810 for welders, cutters, solderers and brazers (BLS, May 2025).
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