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Welding program at Universal Technical Institute-Southern California
Long Beach, CA · Private for-profit 2-year · (844) 308-8838 · School website
The program in figures
- Tuition and fees, whole programIPEDS 2024-25, certificate (1 to under 2 years)
- $25,050
- Books and suppliesIPEDS 2024-25
- $570
- Listed cost
- $25,620
- LengthIPEDS
- 36 credit hours, 9 months
- CompletionsIPEDS 2023-24, all levels
- 195
- Graduates' median earnings, 1 year afterCollege Scorecard, 496 graduates
- $37,568
- Median earnings, 4 years afterCollege Scorecard
- $52,936
- Median federal debtCollege Scorecard, about $101 a month over 10 years
- $9,500
- National median, same field, 4 years afterCollege Scorecard, all schools
- $48,702
- 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
Universal Technical Institute-Southern California awarded 195 welding credentials in 2023-24 (IPEDS), its second largest career program of 4 we list. Its listed tuition of $25,050 compares with a California median wage of $58,060 for welders, cutters, solderers and brazers (BLS, May 2025).
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