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Welding program at Bluegrass Community and Technical College

Lexington, KY · Public 2-year · (859) 246-6200 · School website

On Kentucky's WIOA eligible training provider list (DOL file dated June 30, 2025) School takes federal student aid (IPEDS) Accreditor on file: Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges

The program in figures

Tuition and fees, whole programIPEDS 2024-25, certificate (under 12 weeks): Not reported
LengthIPEDS: Not reported
CompletionsIPEDS 2023-24, all levels: 500
Graduates' median earnings, 1 year afterCollege Scorecard, 36 graduates: $46,133
Median earnings, 4 years afterCollege Scorecard: $60,198
Median federal debtCollege Scorecard, about $101 a month over 10 years: $9,557
National median, same field, 4 years afterCollege Scorecard, all schools: $48,702
Typical pay for welders, cutters, solderers and brazersBLS OEWS May 2025, Lexington-Fayette, KY: $53,680

Every line comes from the federal file named under it. A blank means the source does not publish the figure for this program; we never estimate it.

About this program

Bluegrass Community and Technical College awarded 500 welding credentials in 2023-24 (IPEDS), its second largest career program of 14 we list.

Award	CIP	Completions	Length	Tuition
Certificate (under 12 weeks)	48.0508 Welding Technology/Welder	290	Not reported	Not reported
Certificate (12 weeks to under 1 year)	48.0508 Welding Technology/Welder	152	Not reported	Not reported
Certificate (1 to under 2 years)	48.0508 Welding Technology/Welder	40	Not reported	Not reported
Associate degree	48.0508 Welding Technology/Welder	18	Not reported	Not reported

On Kentucky's WIOA eligible training provider list

People who meet WIOA's rules for training services can have their local workforce board pay for a program on the state's eligible training provider list. Limits vary by area. How WIOA training funds work.

Listed program	Tuition and fees	Length	Completed	Employed, 2nd quarter	Median earnings, 2nd quarter	Students who exited
Welding TechnologyAssociate Degree · In person · CIP 48.0508	$11,424+ $3,600 books	2 weeks, 40 hours a week	Suppressed	Suppressed	Suppressed	Suppressed

Source: U.S. Department of Labor, TrainingProviderResults.gov program file (ETA-9171): programs on state lists as of June 30, 2025; outcomes for all students who exited between July 2021 and June 2025, not only WIOA-funded ones. Median earnings are one quarter's pay in the second quarter after exit. Suppressed means DOL withheld the figure (a small group, nothing reported, or a data quality hold); for length it can also mean a competency-based program. Matched to this page by provider name, address and field of study (CIP code).

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