Welding Schools in the Detroit area

Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI metro area

Programs

1 within 10 miles

Median pay here

$51,810

welders, cutters, solderers and brazers, BLS May 2025

Welding Schools in the Detroit area at a glance

Open to the public: 7 programs: 7 at colleges and schools (IPEDS)
Distance from Detroit: 1 within 10 miles; nearest 7.2 miles, farthest 48.1 miles
Length on the WIOA list: 3 listed programs give weeks: 36 to 52 weeks full time
Completions, 2023-24: 145 welding awards at the 6 colleges that reported any (IPEDS)
On the WIOA list: 3 of 7 on Michigan's eligible training list (DOL file, June 30, 2025); middle 86% of exiters employed in the second quarter (3 report it); middle completion 32% (3 report it)
Pay here: $51,810 median for welders, cutters, solderers and brazers ($24.91 an hour); 10th to 90th percentile $39,000 to $75,760; 4,580 employed in the metro area; Michigan median $49,990 (BLS OEWS, May 2025)

Program	Where	Type	Completions	Miles
Macomb Community CollegeWIOA list	Warren	Certificate	23	7.2
Oakland Community College	Auburn Hills	Certificate	14	11.7
Wayne County Community College District	Detroit	Certificate	3	12.2
Henry Ford College	Dearborn	Certificate	0	13.5
Schoolcraft Community College DistrictWIOA list	Livonia	Certificate	18	17.1
Universal Technical Institute-CantonWIOA list	Canton	Certificate	83	22.4
St Clair County Community College	Port Huron	Associate	4	48.1

WIOA in Michigan: 2,599 programs are on the state's list in the U.S. DOL file, 59 of them Welding.
Pell Grants for short programs
Workforce Pell
GI Bill