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Welding program at Kentucky Welding Institute
Flemingsburg, KY · Private for-profit less-than-2-year · (606) 849-9353 · School website
The program in figures
- Tuition and fees, whole programIPEDS 2024-25, certificate (12 weeks to under 1 year)
- $12,300
- Books and suppliesIPEDS 2024-25
- $3,800
- Listed cost
- $16,100
- LengthIPEDS
- 480 clock hours, 4 months
- CompletionsIPEDS 2023-24, all levels
- 117
- Typical pay for welders, cutters, solderers and brazersBLS OEWS May 2025, Kentucky
- $51,470
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
Kentucky Welding Institute awarded 117 welding credentials in 2023-24 (IPEDS), the only career program we list for it. Its listed tuition of $12,300 compares with a Kentucky median wage of $51,470 for welders, cutters, solderers and brazers (BLS, May 2025).
| Award | CIP | Completions | Length | Tuition |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Certificate (12 weeks to under 1 year) | 48.0508 Welding Technology/Welder | 3 | 480 clock hours, 4 months | $12,300 |
| Certificate (1 to under 2 years) | 48.0508 Welding Technology/Welder | 114 | 480 clock hours, 4 months | $12,300 |
On Kentucky'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 program | Tuition and fees | Length | Completed | Employed, 2nd quarter | Median earnings, 2nd quarter | Students who exited |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Welding Technology/Welder.In person · CIP 48.0508 | $6,630+ $1,895 books | 12 weeks, 40 hours a week | 97.5% | 69.9% | $9,146 | 81 |
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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