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Welding program at Columbus State Community College

Columbus, OH · Public 4-year · (614) 287-5353 · School website

On Ohio's WIOA eligible training provider list (DOL file dated June 30, 2025) School takes federal student aid (IPEDS) Accreditor on file: Higher Learning Commission

The program in figures

Tuition and fees, whole programIPEDS 2024-25, certificate (12 weeks to under 1 year)
Not reported
LengthIPEDS
Not reported
CompletionsIPEDS 2023-24, all levels
10
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, Columbus, OH
$51,260

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

Columbus State Community College awarded 10 welding credentials in 2023-24 (IPEDS), its number 13 career program of 15 we list.

AwardCIPCompletionsLengthTuition
Certificate (12 weeks to under 1 year)48.0508 Welding Technology/Welder6Not reportedNot reported
Associate degree48.0508 Welding Technology/Welder4Not reportedNot reported

On Ohio'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 programTuition and feesLengthCompletedEmployed, 2nd quarterMedian earnings, 2nd quarterStudents who exited
Intermediate Pipe & Plate Tig Welder CertificateCertificate/Certification · In person · CIP 48.0508$5,209+ $3,600 booksCompetency-based or withheld29.8%76.5%$16,45757
Intermediate Pipe I Welder CertificateCertificate/Certification · In person · CIP 48.0508$5,032+ $3,600 booksCompetency-based or withheldSuppressedSuppressedSuppressedSuppressed
Intermediate Pipe II Welder CertificateCertificate/Certification · In person · CIP 48.0508$5,032+ $3,600 booksCompetency-based or withheldSuppressedSuppressedSuppressedSuppressed
Intermediate Welder CertificateCertificate/Certification · In person · CIP 48.0508$5,032+ $3,600 booksCompetency-based or withheldSuppressedSuppressedSuppressedSuppressed
Skilled Trades Technology - Millwright MajorAssociate degree · In person · CIP 48.0508$10,903+ $3,600 booksCompetency-based or withheldSuppressedSuppressedSuppressedSuppressed
Skilled Trades Technology - Welding AASAssociate degree · In person · CIP 48.0508$11,615+ $3,600 booksCompetency-based or withheldSuppressedSuppressedSuppressedSuppressed
Welding Module CertificateCertificate/Certification · In person · CIP 48.0508$2,363+ $1,800 booksCompetency-based or withheldSuppressedSuppressedSuppressedSuppressed

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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