Welding Schools in the Charlotte area

Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC metro area (North Carolina, South Carolina)

Programs

1 within 10 miles

Median pay here

$56,070

welders, cutters, solderers and brazers, BLS May 2025

Lowest listed cost

$23,800

of 1 with a cost, IPEDS

Welding Schools in the Charlotte area at a glance

Open to the public: 7 programs: 7 at colleges and schools (IPEDS)
Distance from Charlotte: 1 within 10 miles; nearest 10.0 miles, farthest 40.4 miles
Listed program cost: 1 of 7 list one: $23,800 (IPEDS)
Program length: 1 college lists a length: 9 months (IPEDS)
Length on the WIOA list: 3 listed programs give weeks: 16 to 80 weeks full time
Completions, 2023-24: 626 welding awards at the 7 colleges that reported any (IPEDS)
On the WIOA list: 3 of 7 on North Carolina's eligible training list (DOL file, June 30, 2025); middle 74% of exiters employed in the second quarter (3 report it); middle completion 50% (3 report it)
Pay here: $56,070 median for welders, cutters, solderers and brazers ($26.96 an hour); 10th to 90th percentile $41,060 to $75,910; 3,370 employed in the metro area; North Carolina median $50,590 (BLS OEWS, May 2025)

Program	Where	Type	Program cost	Length	Completions	Miles
Central Piedmont Community CollegeWIOA list	Charlotte, NC	Certificate	Not reported	Not reported	258	10.0
NASCAR Technical Institute	Mooresville, NC	Certificate	$23,800	9 months	105	17.7
Gaston CollegeWIOA list	Dallas, NC	Certificate	Not reported	Not reported	46	23.3
Rowan-Cabarrus Community CollegeWIOA list	Salisbury, NC	Certificate	Not reported	Not reported	129	25.8
Mitchell Community College	Statesville, NC	Certificate	Not reported	Not reported	9	30.2
York Technical College	Rock Hill, SC	Certificate	Not reported	Not reported	70	31.6
South Piedmont Community College	Polkton, NC	Certificate	Not reported	Not reported	9	40.4

WIOA in North Carolina: 2,446 programs are on the state's list in the U.S. DOL file, 87 of them Welding.
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