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Welding program at Modern Welding School
Schenectady, NY · Private for-profit less-than-2-year · (518) 374-1216 · School website
The program in figures
- Tuition and fees, whole programIPEDS 2024-25, certificate (12 weeks to under 1 year)
- $13,300
- Books and suppliesIPEDS 2024-25
- $2,584
- Listed cost
- $15,884
- LengthIPEDS
- 665 clock hours, 11 months
- CompletionsIPEDS 2023-24, all levels
- 81
- Graduates' median earnings, 1 year afterCollege Scorecard, 118 graduates
- $43,246
- Median earnings, 4 years afterCollege Scorecard
- $54,806
- 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, Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY
- $59,390
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
Modern Welding School awarded 81 welding credentials in 2023-24 (IPEDS), the only career program we list for it. Its listed tuition of $13,300 compares with a New York median wage of $59,140 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 | 15 | 665 clock hours, 11 months | $13,300 |
| Certificate (1 to under 2 years) | 48.0508 Welding Technology/Welder | 66 | 665 clock hours, 11 months | $13,300 |
On New York'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Combination WeldingIn person · CIP 48.0508 | $17,344 | 30 weeks, 50 hours a week | 94.7% | 92.3% | $12,210 | 19 |
| Course #6In person · CIP 48.0508 | $13,781 | 45 weeks, 50 hours a week | Suppressed | Suppressed | Suppressed | Suppressed |
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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