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Welding Schools in the Chicago area
19 welding programs in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN metro area, listed by distance from Chicago.
Programs
19
5 within 10 miles
Median pay here
$52,650
welders, cutters, solderers and brazers, BLS May 2025
Lowest listed cost
$14,356
of 3 with a cost, IPEDS
Welding programs, nearest to Chicago first
| Program | Where | Type | Program cost | Length | Completions | Miles |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| College of DuPageWIOA list | Glen Ellyn | Certificate | Not reported | Not reported | 25 | 3.5 |
| Universal Technical Institute of Illinois IncWIOA list | Lisle | Certificate | $23,100 | 9 months | 117 | 6.2 |
| ETI School of Skilled TradesWIOA list | Willowbrook | Certificate | $14,356 | 12 months | 93 | 8.8 |
| Triton CollegeWIOA list | River Grove | Certificate | Not reported | Not reported | 37 | 9.4 |
| Lincoln College of Technology-Melrose ParkWIOA list | Melrose Park | Certificate | $29,781 | 11 months | 45 | 9.6 |
| Morton CollegeWIOA list | Cicero | Certificate | Not reported | Not reported | 5 | 13.0 |
| Moraine Valley Community CollegeWIOA list | Palos Hills | Certificate | Not reported | Not reported | 89 | 14.7 |
| Oakton College | Des Plaines | Certificate | Not reported | Not reported | 0 | 15.2 |
| William Rainey Harper College | Palatine | Certificate | Not reported | Not reported | 93 | 15.4 |
| City Colleges of Chicago-Richard J Daley College | Chicago | Certificate | Not reported | Not reported | 0 | 16.5 |
| Elgin Community College | Elgin | Certificate | Not reported | Not reported | 52 | 19.3 |
| City Colleges of Chicago-Kennedy-King College | Chicago | Certificate | Not reported | Not reported | 20 | 19.7 |
| Waubonsee Community CollegeWIOA list | Sugar Grove | Certificate | Not reported | Not reported | 40 | 23.6 |
| Joliet Junior CollegeWIOA list | Joliet | Certificate | Not reported | Not reported | 43 | 26.6 |
| South Suburban CollegeWIOA list | South Holland | Certificate | Not reported | Not reported | 8 | 26.9 |
| Prairie State CollegeWIOA list | Chicago Heights | Certificate | Not reported | Not reported | 10 | 30.2 |
| McHenry County College | Crystal Lake | Certificate | Not reported | Not reported | 46 | 32.9 |
| College of Lake CountyWIOA list | Grayslake | Certificate | Not reported | Not reported | 118 | 33.9 |
| Kishwaukee CollegeWIOA list | Malta | Certificate | Not reported | Not reported | 10 | 45.1 |
The metro area is the federal (OMB) metropolitan statistical area, so suburbs count with their city. Miles are measured from the city's center to the school's address or ZIP code center.
Paying for training in the Chicago area
- WIOA in Illinois: 3,233 programs are on the state's list in the U.S. DOL file, 128 of them Welding.
- Pell Grants for short programs
- Workforce Pell
- GI Bill