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Welding program at Southern Careers Institute-Harlingen
Harlingen, TX · Private for-profit 2-year · (512) 437-7500 · 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 (12 weeks to under 1 year)
- $13,950
- LengthIPEDS
- 700 clock hours, 7 months
- CompletionsIPEDS 2023-24, all levels
- 125
- Graduates' median earnings, 1 year afterCollege Scorecard, 766 graduates
- $25,077
- Median earnings, 4 years afterCollege Scorecard
- $41,564
- Median federal debtCollege Scorecard, about $76 a month over 10 years
- $7,125
- National median, same field, 4 years afterCollege Scorecard, all schools
- $48,702
- Typical pay for welders, cutters, solderers and brazersBLS OEWS May 2025, Brownsville-Harlingen, TX
- $45,020
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About this program
Southern Careers Institute-Harlingen awarded 125 welding credentials in 2023-24 (IPEDS), its largest career program of 4 we list. Its listed tuition of $13,950 compares with a Texas median wage of $53,340 for welders, cutters, solderers and brazers (BLS, May 2025).
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