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Welding program at Illinois Valley Community College

Oglesby, IL · Public 2-year · (815) 224-2720 · School website

On Illinois'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 (under 12 weeks)
Not reported
LengthIPEDS
Not reported
CompletionsIPEDS 2023-24, all levels
36
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, Illinois
$51,320

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

Illinois Valley Community College awarded 36 welding credentials in 2023-24 (IPEDS), its number 6 career program of 13 we list.

AwardCIPCompletionsLengthTuition
Certificate (under 12 weeks)48.0508 Welding Technology/Welder0Not reportedNot reported
Certificate (12 weeks to under 1 year)48.0508 Welding Technology/Welder26Not reportedNot reported
Certificate (1 to under 2 years)48.0508 Welding Technology/Welder7Not reportedNot reported
Associate degree48.0508 Welding Technology/Welder3Not reportedNot reported

On Illinois'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
GMAW Basic Welding CertificateIn person · CIP 48.0508$4+ $7 books32 weeks, 40 hours a weekSuppressed81.1%$12,13643
GMAW Intermediate Welding CertificateCommunity College Certificate · Hybrid (in person and online) · CIP 48.0508$4+ $2 books32 weeks, 40 hours a weekSuppressed81.1%$12,13643
Welding Construction AASAssociate?s Degree · Hybrid (in person and online) · CIP 48.0508$4+ $7 books72 weeks, 40 hours a weekSuppressed81.1%$12,13643
GTAW Welding CertificateIn person · CIP 48.0508$4+ $7 books32 weeks, 40 hours a weekSuppressedSuppressedSuppressedSuppressed
OAW Welding CertificateIn person · CIP 48.0508$4+ $7 books16 weeks, 40 hours a weekSuppressedSuppressedSuppressedSuppressed
SMAW Basic Welding CertificateCommunity College Certificate · Hybrid (in person and online) · CIP 48.0508$4+ $2 books32 weeks, 40 hours a weekSuppressedSuppressedSuppressedSuppressed
Welding Advanced Construction CertificateIn person · CIP 48.0508$4+ $7 books80 weeks, 40 hours a weekSuppressedSuppressedSuppressedSuppressed
Welding Basic Construction CertificateIn person · CIP 48.0508$4+ $7 books32 weeks, 40 hours a weekSuppressedSuppressedSuppressedSuppressed

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).

DOL marks this state's outcome reporting with a data quality note: read completion and employment figures with care.

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