Welding Schools in the Crestview area

Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL metro area

Programs

1 within 10 miles

Median pay here

$50,710

welders, cutters, solderers and brazers, BLS May 2025

Lowest listed cost

$5,503

of 1 with a cost, IPEDS

Welding Schools in the Crestview area at a glance

Open to the public: 3 programs: 3 at colleges and schools (IPEDS)
Distance from Crestview: 1 within 10 miles; nearest 4.9 miles, farthest 19.6 miles
Listed program cost: 1 of 3 list one: $5,503 (IPEDS)
Program length: 1 college lists a length: 10 months (IPEDS)
Length on the WIOA list: 2 listed programs give weeks: 32 to 78 weeks full time
Completions, 2023-24: 56 welding awards at the 3 colleges that reported any (IPEDS)
On the WIOA list: 2 of 3 on Florida's eligible training list (DOL file, June 30, 2025)
Pay here: $50,710 median for welders, cutters, solderers and brazers ($24.38 an hour); 10th to 90th percentile $43,400 to $67,110; 120 employed in the metro area; Florida median $50,640 (BLS OEWS, May 2025)

Program	Where	Type	Program cost	Length	Completions	Miles
Northwest Florida State CollegeWIOA list	Niceville	Certificate	Not reported	Not reported	35	4.9
Okaloosa Technical College	Fort Walton Beach	Certificate	Not reported	Not reported	9	14.6
Emerald Coast Technical CollegeWIOA list	DeFuniak Springs	Certificate	$5,503	10 months	12	19.6

WIOA in Florida: 2,364 programs are on the state's list in the U.S. DOL file, 57 of them Welding.
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