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Welding program at Western Wyoming Community College

Rock Springs, WY · Public 4-year · (307) 382-1600 · School website

On Wyoming's WIOA eligible training provider list (DOL file dated 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 (1 to under 2 years)
Not reported
LengthIPEDS
Not reported
CompletionsIPEDS 2023-24, all levels
27
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, Wyoming
$63,820

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

Western Wyoming Community College awarded 27 welding credentials in 2023-24 (IPEDS), its largest career program of 9 we list.

AwardCIPCompletionsLengthTuition
Certificate (1 to under 2 years)48.0508 Welding Technology/Welder14Not reportedNot reported
Associate degree48.0508 Welding Technology/Welder13Not reportedNot reported

On Wyoming'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 Technology CertificateOccupational Skills certificate or credential · In person · CIP 48.0508$2,416+ $800 books17 weeks, 2 hours a week55.6%100%$8,59318
Welding Technology AASAA/AS Degree · In person · CIP 48.0508$4,632+ $1,600 books11 weeks, 6 hours a weekSuppressedSuppressedSuppressedSuppressed

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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