Welding Schools in the Raleigh area

Raleigh-Cary, NC metro area

Programs

1 within 10 miles

Median pay here

$56,940

welders, cutters, solderers and brazers, BLS May 2025

Lowest listed cost

$21,228

of 1 with a cost, IPEDS

Welding Schools in the Raleigh area at a glance

Open to the public: 3 programs: 3 at colleges and schools (IPEDS)
Distance from Raleigh: 1 within 10 miles; nearest 9.3 miles, farthest 16.2 miles
Listed program cost: 1 of 3 list one: $21,228 (IPEDS)
Program length: 1 college lists a length: 10 months (IPEDS)
Length on the WIOA list: 3 listed programs give weeks: 50 to 74 weeks full time
Completions, 2023-24: 238 welding awards at the 3 colleges that reported any (IPEDS)
On the WIOA list: 3 of 3 on North Carolina's eligible training list (DOL file, June 30, 2025)
Pay here: $56,940 median for welders, cutters, solderers and brazers ($27.37 an hour); 10th to 90th percentile $40,460 to $71,800; 1,090 employed in the metro area; North Carolina median $50,590 (BLS OEWS, May 2025)

Program	Where	Type	Program cost	Length	Completions	Miles
Wake Technical Community CollegeWIOA list	Raleigh	Certificate	Not reported	Not reported	142	9.3
Miller-Motte College-RaleighWIOA list	Raleigh	Certificate	$21,228	10 months	17	12.2
Johnston Community CollegeWIOA list	Smithfield	Certificate	Not reported	Not reported	79	16.2

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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