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Welding program at Walla Walla Community College

Walla Walla, WA · Public 4-year · (509) 522-2500 · School website

On Washington's WIOA eligible training provider list (DOL file dated June 30, 2025) School takes federal student aid (IPEDS) Accreditor on file: Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities

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
50
Graduates' median earnings, 1 year afterCollege Scorecard
Not published (small cohort)
National median, same field, 4 years afterCollege Scorecard, all schools
$48,702
Typical pay for welders, cutters, solderers and brazersBLS OEWS May 2025, Walla Walla, WA
$59,380

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

Walla Walla Community College awarded 50 welding credentials in 2023-24 (IPEDS), its third largest career program of 14 we list.

AwardCIPCompletionsLengthTuition
Certificate (12 weeks to under 1 year)48.0508 Welding Technology/Welder0Not reportedNot reported
Certificate (1 to under 2 years)48.0508 Welding Technology/Welder31Not reportedNot reported
Associate degree48.0508 Welding Technology/Welder19Not reportedNot reported

On Washington'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 · In person · CIP 48.0508$7,46730 weeks, 33 hours a week82.8%66.7%$9,54129
Welding TechnologyAas · In person · CIP 48.0508$14,93470 weeks, 17 hours a week82.8%66.7%$9,54129

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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