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Welding program at Summit College
San Bernardino, CA · Private for-profit less-than-2-year · School website
School takes federal student aid (IPEDS) Accreditor on file: Accrediting Council for Continuing Education & Training
The program in figures
- Tuition and fees, whole programIPEDS 2024-25, certificate (12 weeks to under 1 year)
- $18,995
- Books and suppliesIPEDS 2024-25
- $385
- Listed cost
- $19,380
- LengthIPEDS
- 720 clock hours, 9 months
- CompletionsIPEDS 2023-24, all levels
- 193
- Graduates' median earnings, 1 year afterCollege Scorecard, 313 graduates
- $37,502
- Median earnings, 4 years afterCollege Scorecard
- $47,614
- Median federal debtCollege Scorecard, about $81 a month over 10 years
- $7,600
- National median, same field, 4 years afterCollege Scorecard, all schools
- $48,702
- Typical pay for welders, cutters, solderers and brazersBLS OEWS May 2025, Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA
- $52,050
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About this program
Summit College awarded 193 welding credentials in 2023-24 (IPEDS), its second largest career program of 5 we list. Its listed tuition of $18,995 compares with a California median wage of $58,060 for welders, cutters, solderers and brazers (BLS, May 2025).
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