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Welding program at Southwest Technical College

Cedar City, UT · Public less-than-2-year · (435) 586-2899 · School website

On Utah's WIOA eligible training provider list (DOL file dated June 30, 2025) 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)
$2,985
Books and suppliesIPEDS 2024-25
$988
Listed cost
$3,973
LengthIPEDS
17 credit hours, 10 months
CompletionsIPEDS 2023-24, all levels
54
Graduates' median earnings, 1 year afterCollege Scorecard, 20 graduates
$35,838
Median earnings, 4 years afterCollege Scorecard
$42,591
National median, same field, 4 years afterCollege Scorecard, all schools
$48,702
Typical pay for welders, cutters, solderers and brazersBLS OEWS May 2025, Utah
$58,380

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.

About this program

Southwest Technical College awarded 54 welding credentials in 2023-24 (IPEDS), its number 4 career program of 11 we list. Its listed tuition of $2,985 compares with a Utah median wage of $58,380 for welders, cutters, solderers and brazers (BLS, May 2025).

On Utah'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 Technology WelderCertificate of Completion · In person · CIP 48.0508$3,163+ $988 books53 weeks, 15 hours a week50%32.5%$10,34180

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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