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Welding program at South Texas Vocational Technical Institute-Weslaco
Weslaco, TX · Private for-profit less-than-2-year · (956) 969-1564 · School website
School takes federal student aid (IPEDS) Accreditor on file: Accrediting Commission of Career Schools and Colleges
The program in figures
- Tuition and fees, whole programIPEDS 2024-25, certificate (1 to under 2 years)
- $21,510
- LengthIPEDS
- 57 credit hours, 10 months
- CompletionsIPEDS 2023-24, all levels
- 125
- Graduates' median earnings, 1 year afterCollege Scorecard, 809 graduates
- $30,105
- Median earnings, 4 years afterCollege Scorecard
- $45,650
- Median federal debtCollege Scorecard, about $138 a month over 10 years
- $13,000
- National median, same field, 4 years afterCollege Scorecard, all schools
- $48,702
- Typical pay for welders, cutters, solderers and brazersBLS OEWS May 2025, McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX
- $39,710
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About this program
South Texas Vocational Technical Institute-Weslaco awarded 125 welding credentials in 2023-24 (IPEDS), its largest career program of 5 we list. Its listed tuition of $21,510 compares with a Texas median wage of $53,340 for welders, cutters, solderers and brazers (BLS, May 2025).
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