CareerFunded Find training near you

Home / Welding Schools / Arkansas / University of Arkansas Hope-Texarkana

Welding program at University of Arkansas Hope-Texarkana

Hope, AR · Public 2-year · (870) 777-5722 · School website

On Arkansas's WIOA training list (U.S. DOL file, programs listed June 30, 2025) School takes federal student aid (IPEDS) Accreditor on file: Higher Learning Commission

The program in figures

Tuition and fees, whole programIPEDS 2024-25, certificate (12 weeks to under 1 year)
Not reported
LengthIPEDS
Not reported
CompletionsIPEDS 2023-24, all levels
72
Graduates' median earnings, 1 year afterCollege Scorecard
Not published (small cohort)
Typical pay for welders, cutters, solderers and brazersBLS OEWS May 2025, Arkansas
$47,970

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

University of Arkansas Hope-Texarkana awarded 72 welding credentials in 2023-24 (IPEDS), its largest career program of 9 we list.

On Arkansas's WIOA eligible training list

People who meet WIOA's rules for training services can have their local workforce board pay for a program on the state's approved training list. Limits vary by area. How WIOA training funds work.

Listed programListed costWeeksCompletedEmployed, Q2Median earnings, Q2
Welding Technology - TC$5,490Not listed45.1%47.8%$8,620
Basic Welding - CP$2,028Not listed80.3%43.3%$5,158
Construction Welding - CP$2,548Not listed81%44.9%$6,404

Source: U.S. Department of Labor, TrainingProviderResults.gov program file (ETA-9171): programs on state lists as of June 30, 2025; outcomes for all participants who exited between July 2021 and June 2025. Suppressed means the state withheld a small count. Matched to this school by name and address.

Find training near you Who pays