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Welding program at Iowa Western Community College

Council Bluffs, IA · Public 2-year · (712) 325-3200 · School website

On Iowa's WIOA training list (U.S. DOL file, programs listed 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: 82
Graduates' median earnings, 1 year afterCollege Scorecard, 26 graduates: $27,761
Median federal debtCollege Scorecard, about $58 a month over 10 years: $5,500
National median, same field, 4 years afterCollege Scorecard, all schools: $48,702
Typical pay for welders, cutters, solderers and brazersBLS OEWS May 2025, Omaha, NE-IA: $53,110

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

Iowa Western Community College awarded 82 welding credentials in 2023-24 (IPEDS), its second largest career program of 14 we list.

On Iowa's WIOA eligible training list

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

Listed program	Listed cost	Weeks	Completed	Employed, Q2	Median earnings, Q2
Intermediate Welding - Certificate of Completion	$2,500	16	92.9%	Suppressed	Suppressed
Welding - Certificate	$3,564	16	50%	17.5%	$5,001
Welding Certificate	$3,481	16	60%	76%	$7,637

Source: U.S. Department of Labor, TrainingProviderResults.gov program file (ETA-9171): programs on state lists as of June 30, 2025; outcomes for all participants who exited between July 2021 and June 2025. Suppressed means the state withheld a small count. Matched to this school by name and address.

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