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Welding program at New Mexico State University-Grants

Grants, NM · Public 2-year · (505) 287-6678 · School website

On New Mexico'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 (1 to under 2 years)
Not reported
LengthIPEDS
Not reported
CompletionsIPEDS 2023-24, all levels
8
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, New Mexico
$59,840

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

New Mexico State University-Grants awarded 8 welding credentials in 2023-24 (IPEDS), its third largest career program of 8 we list.

AwardCIPCompletionsLengthTuition
Certificate (1 to under 2 years)48.0508 Welding Technology/Welder3Not reportedNot reported
Associate degree48.0508 Welding Technology/Welder5Not reportedNot reported

On New Mexico'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
Welding - Associate of Applied ScienceAssociate of Applied Science in Welding Technology · In person · CIP 48.0508$5,979+ $3,255 books64 weeks, 22 hours a week100%63.6%$4,73910

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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