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Welding program at East Valley Institute of Technology

Mesa, AZ · Public less-than-2-year · (480) 461-4000 · School website

On Arizona's WIOA eligible training provider list (DOL file dated June 30, 2025) 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 (12 weeks to under 1 year)
$5,500
Books and suppliesIPEDS 2024-25
$905
Listed cost
$6,405
LengthIPEDS
360 clock hours, 5 months
CompletionsIPEDS 2023-24, all levels
75
Graduates' median earnings, 1 year afterCollege Scorecard, 16 graduates
$32,985
Median earnings, 4 years afterCollege Scorecard
$56,189
National median, same field, 4 years afterCollege Scorecard, all schools
$48,702
Typical pay for welders, cutters, solderers and brazersBLS OEWS May 2025, Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ
$56,540

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

East Valley Institute of Technology awarded 75 welding credentials in 2023-24 (IPEDS), its largest career program of 10 we list. Its listed tuition of $5,500 compares with a Arizona median wage of $55,600 for welders, cutters, solderers and brazers (BLS, May 2025).

On Arizona'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
WeldingWelding Certificate · In person · CIP 48.0508$7,135+ $905 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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