Welding Schools in the Akron area

Akron, OH metro area

Programs

3 within 10 miles

Median pay here

$50,340

welders, cutters, solderers and brazers, BLS May 2025

Lowest listed cost

$4,300

of 3 with a cost, DOL WIOA list and IPEDS

Welding Schools in the Akron area at a glance

Open to the public: 4 programs: 2 at colleges and schools (IPEDS), 2 known only from the WIOA list
Distance from Akron: 3 within 10 miles; nearest 5.8 miles, farthest 12.3 miles
Listed program cost: 3 of 4 list one: $4,300 to $16,452, middle $8,995 (DOL WIOA list and IPEDS)
Program length: 1 college lists a length: 10 months (IPEDS)
Completions, 2023-24: 37 welding awards at the 2 colleges that reported any (IPEDS)
On the WIOA list: 4 of 4 on Ohio's eligible training list (DOL file, June 30, 2025)
Pay here: $50,340 median for welders, cutters, solderers and brazers ($24.20 an hour); 10th to 90th percentile $41,870 to $77,820; 1,170 employed in the metro area; Ohio median $50,340 (BLS OEWS, May 2025)

Program	Where	Type	Program cost	Length	Completions	Miles
Fortis College-Cuyahoga FallsWIOA list	Cuyahoga Falls	Certificate	Not reported	Not reported	22	5.8
Portage Lakes Career CenterWIOA list	Uniontown	Certificate	$8,995	10 months	15	8.3
Akron Testing Laboratory & Welding SchoolWIOA list	Barberton	WIOA list only	$16,452	Not reported		8.8
Maplewood Career CenterWIOA list	Ravenna	WIOA list only	$4,300	Not reported		12.3

WIOA in Ohio: 4,987 programs are on the state's list in the U.S. DOL file, 139 of them Welding.
Pell Grants for short programs
Workforce Pell
GI Bill