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Welding program at UEI College-Gardena
Gardena, CA · Private for-profit 2-year · (424) 246-3000 · School website
School takes federal student aid (IPEDS) Accreditor on file: Accrediting Commission of Career Schools and Colleges
The program in figures
- Tuition and fees, whole programIPEDS 2024-25, certificate (12 weeks to under 1 year)
- $21,500
- LengthIPEDS
- 27 credit hours, 9 months
- CompletionsIPEDS 2023-24, all levels
- 96
- Graduates' median earnings, 1 year afterCollege Scorecard
- Not published (small cohort)
- Typical pay for welders, cutters, solderers and brazersBLS OEWS May 2025, Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA
- $56,160
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About this program
UEI College-Gardena awarded 96 welding credentials in 2023-24 (IPEDS), its third largest career program of 8 we list. Its listed tuition of $21,500 compares with a California median wage of $58,060 for welders, cutters, solderers and brazers (BLS, May 2025).
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