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Welding program at CET-Watsonville
Watsonville, CA · Private nonprofit less-than-2-year · (408) 287-7924 · 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)
- $15,500
- LengthIPEDS
- 900 clock hours, 8 months
- CompletionsIPEDS 2023-24, all levels
- 34
- Graduates' median earnings, 1 year afterCollege Scorecard, 248 graduates
- $32,817
- Median earnings, 4 years afterCollege Scorecard
- $47,291
- Median federal debtCollege Scorecard, about $90 a month over 10 years
- $8,500
- National median, same field, 4 years afterCollege Scorecard, all schools
- $48,702
- Typical pay for welders, cutters, solderers and brazersBLS OEWS May 2025, Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA
- $50,840
- Cost, length and completions: IPEDS complete data files, 2024-25 collection, read October 8, 2026.
- Earnings and debt: College Scorecard data files, June 10, 2026, read October 8, 2026.
- Pay: BLS OEWS, May 2025, Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA, read October 8, 2026.
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