Welding program at Southern Careers Institute-Waco

The program in figures

Tuition and fees, whole programIPEDS 2024-25, certificate (12 weeks to under 1 year)

Not reported

LengthIPEDS

Not reported

CompletionsIPEDS 2023-24, all levels

13

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, Waco, TX

$46,380

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.