Welding Schools in the Jacksonville area

Jacksonville, FL metro area

Programs

2 within 10 miles

Median pay here

$50,640

welders, cutters, solderers and brazers, BLS May 2025

Lowest listed cost

$6,825

of 2 with a cost, IPEDS

Welding Schools in the Jacksonville area at a glance

Open to the public: 4 programs: 4 at colleges and schools (IPEDS)
Distance from Jacksonville: 2 within 10 miles; nearest 2.3 miles, farthest 21.3 miles
Listed program cost: 2 of 4 list one: $6,825 to $25,825 (IPEDS)
Program length: 2 colleges list a length: 10 months each (IPEDS)
Length on the WIOA list: 1 listed program gives weeks: 32 weeks full time
Completions, 2023-24: 1,048 welding awards at the 3 colleges that reported any (IPEDS)
On the WIOA list: 1 of 4 on Florida's eligible training list (DOL file, June 30, 2025)
Pay here: $50,640 median for welders, cutters, solderers and brazers ($24.35 an hour); 10th to 90th percentile $38,990 to $72,840; 1,420 employed in the metro area; Florida median $50,640 (BLS OEWS, May 2025)

Program	Where	Type	Program cost	Length	Completions	Miles
Jones Technical Institute	Jacksonville	Associate	Not reported	Not reported	0	2.3
Tulsa Welding School-Jacksonville	Jacksonville	Certificate	$25,825	10 months	984	6.8
Florida State College at Jacksonville	Jacksonville	Certificate	Not reported	Not reported	34	12.7
First Coast Technical CollegeWIOA list	Saint Augustine	Certificate	$6,825	10 months	30	21.3

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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