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Welding program at Virginia Western Community College
Roanoke, VA · Public 2-year · (540) 857-8922 · School website
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
- 33
- Graduates' median earnings, 1 year afterCollege Scorecard, 30 graduates
- $22,788
- Median earnings, 4 years afterCollege Scorecard
- $53,278
- National median, same field, 4 years afterCollege Scorecard, all schools
- $48,702
- Typical pay for welders, cutters, solderers and brazersBLS OEWS May 2025, Roanoke, VA
- $56,040
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
Virginia Western Community College awarded 33 welding credentials in 2023-24 (IPEDS), its second largest career program of 9 we list.
On Virginia'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 program | Tuition and fees | Length | Completed | Employed, 2nd quarter | Median earnings, 2nd quarter | Students who exited |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Welding and Metal Processing CSCWelding and Metal Processing CSC · Hybrid (in person and online) · CIP 48.0508 | $3,366 | 10 weeks, 17 hours a week | 100% | 56.1% | $11,566 | 62 |
| Welding-FCAW-American Welding Society QualificationWelding-FCAW-American Welding Society Qualification · Hybrid (in person and online) · CIP 48.0508 | $999 | 10 weeks, 30 hours a week | 100% | Suppressed | Suppressed | 7 |
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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