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Welding program at Tennessee College of Applied Technology-McKenzie

McKenzie, TN · Public 2-year · (731) 352-5364 · School website

On Tennessee's WIOA eligible training provider list (DOL file dated June 30, 2025) School takes federal student aid (IPEDS)

The program in figures

Tuition and fees, whole programIPEDS 2024-25, certificate (12 weeks to under 1 year)
$4,620
Books and suppliesIPEDS 2024-25
$925
Listed cost
$5,545
LengthIPEDS
1,296 clock hours, 11 months
CompletionsIPEDS 2023-24, all levels
20
Graduates' median earnings, 1 year afterCollege Scorecard, 48 graduates
$33,649
Typical pay for welders, cutters, solderers and brazersBLS OEWS May 2025, Tennessee
$48,040

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

Tennessee College of Applied Technology-McKenzie awarded 20 welding credentials in 2023-24 (IPEDS), its largest career program of 4 we list. Its listed tuition of $4,620 compares with a Tennessee median wage of $48,040 for welders, cutters, solderers and brazers (BLS, May 2025).

AwardCIPCompletionsLengthTuition
Certificate (12 weeks to under 1 year)48.0508 Welding Technology/Welder11,296 clock hours, 11 months$4,620
Certificate (1 to under 2 years)48.0508 Welding Technology/Welder191,296 clock hours, 11 months$4,620

On Tennessee'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 TechnologyCertificate, Diploma · In person · CIP 48.0508$4,419+ $927 books64 weeks, 30 hours a week73.1%79.8%$8,041104

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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