Welding Schools in the Visalia area

Visalia, CA metro area

Programs

1 within 10 miles

Median pay here

$46,850

welders, cutters, solderers and brazers, BLS May 2025

Lowest listed cost

$13,770

of 1 with a cost, IPEDS

Welding Schools in the Visalia area at a glance

Open to the public: 3 programs: 3 at colleges and schools (IPEDS)
Distance from Visalia: 1 within 10 miles; nearest 7.4 miles, farthest 18.0 miles
Listed program cost: 1 of 3 list one: $13,770 (IPEDS)
Program length: 1 college lists a length: 10 months (IPEDS)
Length on the WIOA list: 3 listed programs give weeks: 16 to 38 weeks full time
Completions, 2023-24: 224 welding awards at the 2 colleges that reported any (IPEDS)
On the WIOA list: 3 of 3 on California's eligible training list (DOL file, June 30, 2025); middle completion 89% (3 report it)
Pay here: $46,850 median for welders, cutters, solderers and brazers ($22.52 an hour); 10th to 90th percentile $37,440 to $71,960; 350 employed in the metro area; California median $58,060 (BLS OEWS, May 2025)

Program	Where	Type	Program cost	Length	Completions	Miles
College of the SequoiasWIOA list	Visalia	Certificate	Not reported	Not reported	34	7.4
Advanced Career InstituteWIOA list	Visalia	Certificate	$13,770	10 months	190	10.6
Porterville CollegeWIOA list	Porterville	Certificate	Not reported	Not reported	0	18.0

WIOA in California: 4,171 programs are on the state's list in the U.S. DOL file, 90 of them Welding.
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