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Welding program at Southern Careers Institute-Waco
Waco, TX · Private for-profit 2-year · (512) 387-7528 · 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)
- 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
- Cost, length and completions: IPEDS complete data files, 2024-25 collection, read October 8, 2026.
- Earnings and debt: College Scorecard data files, June 10, 2026, read October 8, 2026.
- Pay: BLS OEWS, May 2025, Waco, TX, read October 8, 2026.
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