Welding Schools in the Philadelphia area

Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD metro area (New Jersey, Pennsylvania)

Programs

3 within 10 miles

Median pay here

$58,380

welders, cutters, solderers and brazers, BLS May 2025

Lowest listed cost

$5,574

of 3 with a cost, IPEDS

Welding Schools in the Philadelphia area at a glance

Open to the public: 6 programs: 6 at colleges and schools (IPEDS)
Distance from Philadelphia: 3 within 10 miles; nearest 7.6 miles, farthest 25.0 miles
Listed program cost: 3 of 6 list one: $5,574 to $23,800, middle $18,200 (IPEDS)
Program length: 3 colleges list a length: 4 months to 9 months (IPEDS)
Length on the WIOA list: 1 listed program gives weeks: 10 weeks full time
Completions, 2023-24: 224 welding awards at the 5 colleges that reported any (IPEDS)
On the WIOA list: 2 of 6 on Pennsylvania's or New Jersey's eligible training list (DOL file, June 30, 2025)
Pay here: $58,380 median for welders, cutters, solderers and brazers ($28.07 an hour); 10th to 90th percentile $44,430 to $79,960; 4,630 employed in the metro area; Pennsylvania median $52,900 (BLS OEWS, May 2025)

Program	Where	Type	Program cost	Length	Completions	Miles
All-State Career School	Essington, PA	Certificate	Not reported	Not reported	8	7.6
Philadelphia Technician Training	Philadelphia, PA	Certificate	$18,200	6 months	108	8.4
Delaware County Community CollegeWIOA list	Media, PA	Certificate	Not reported	Not reported	5	8.5
Camden County CollegeWIOA list	Blackwood, NJ	Certificate	Not reported	Not reported	0	16.1
Burlington County Institute of Technology-Adult Education	Westampton, NJ	Certificate	$5,574	4 months	21	22.1
Universal Technical Institute of Pennsylvania Inc	Exton, PA	Certificate	$23,800	9 months	82	25.0

WIOA in Pennsylvania: 1,470 programs are on the state's list in the U.S. DOL file, 64 of them Welding.
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