Welding Schools in the Lakeland area

Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL metro area

Programs

2 within 10 miles

Median pay here

$48,520

welders, cutters, solderers and brazers, BLS May 2025

Lowest listed cost

$3,024

of 1 with a cost, DOL WIOA list

Welding Schools in the Lakeland area at a glance

Open to the public: 3 programs: 2 at colleges and schools (IPEDS), 1 known only from the WIOA list
Distance from Lakeland: 2 within 10 miles; nearest 4.6 miles, farthest 11.0 miles
Listed program cost: 1 of 3 list one: $3,024 (DOL WIOA list)
Length on the WIOA list: 2 listed programs give weeks: 52 each weeks full time
Completions, 2023-24: 47 welding awards at the 2 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: $48,520 median for welders, cutters, solderers and brazers ($23.33 an hour); 10th to 90th percentile $39,480 to $67,000; 820 employed in the metro area; Florida median $50,640 (BLS OEWS, May 2025)

Program	Where	Type	Program cost	Completions	Miles
Traviss Technical College	Lakeland	Certificate	Not reported	21	4.6
Maynard A. Traviss Career Center-VsWIOA list	Lakeland	WIOA list only	$3,024		6.5
Ridge Technical CollegeWIOA list	Winter Haven	Certificate	Not reported	26	11.0

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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