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Welding program at Mercer County Technical Education Center
Princeton, WV · Public 2-year · (304) 425-9551 · School website
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 (1 to under 2 years)
- $1,650
- Books and suppliesIPEDS 2024-25
- $122
- Listed cost
- $1,772
- LengthIPEDS
- 400 clock hours, 10 months
- CompletionsIPEDS 2023-24, all levels
- 12
- Graduates' median earnings, 1 year afterCollege Scorecard
- Not published (small cohort)
- Typical pay for welders, cutters, solderers and brazersBLS OEWS May 2025, West Virginia
- $48,810
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About this program
Mercer County Technical Education Center awarded 12 welding credentials in 2023-24 (IPEDS), its third largest career program of 7 we list. Its listed tuition of $1,650 compares with a West Virginia median wage of $48,810 for welders, cutters, solderers and brazers (BLS, May 2025).
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