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Welding Schools in Texas
Texas has 73 welding programs in our files: 73 at colleges and career schools in IPEDS.
Programs
73
all sources
Median pay
$53,340
welders, cutters, solderers and brazers, BLS May 2025; U.S. $53,750
Middle program cost
$21,228
21 programs report one, IPEDS
On the WIOA list
356
Welding programs, U.S. DOL file
By metro area
- Houston area13 programs · median pay $57,940
- Dallas area8 programs · median pay $51,630
- El Paso area4 programs · median pay $45,000
- McAllen area4 programs · median pay $39,710
- San Antonio area4 programs · median pay $48,220
- Austin area3 programs · median pay $59,040
- Beaumont area3 programs · median pay $59,190
- Corpus Christi area3 programs · median pay $59,450
Every welding program in Texas
| Program | Where | Type | Program cost | Length | Completions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alvin Community College | Alvin | Certificate | Not reported | Not reported | 31 |
| Angelina CollegeWIOA list | Lufkin | Certificate | Not reported | Not reported | 36 |
| Austin Community College District | Austin | Certificate | Not reported | Not reported | 327 |
| Blinn College DistrictWIOA list | Brenham | Certificate | Not reported | Not reported | 63 |
| Brazosport CollegeWIOA list | Lake Jackson | Certificate | Not reported | Not reported | 27 |
| Central Texas CollegeWIOA list | Killeen | Certificate | Not reported | Not reported | 58 |
| CET-El Paso | El Paso | Certificate | $15,500 | 8 months | 15 |
| Cisco College | Cisco | Certificate | Not reported | Not reported | 19 |
| Clarendon College | Clarendon | Certificate | Not reported | Not reported | 29 |
| Coastal Bend College | Beeville | Certificate | Not reported | Not reported | 70 |
| College of the MainlandWIOA list | Texas City | Certificate | Not reported | Not reported | 45 |
| Collin County Community College DistrictWIOA list | McKinney | Certificate | Not reported | Not reported | 385 |
| Dallas College | Dallas | Certificate | Not reported | Not reported | 214 |
| Del Mar CollegeWIOA list | Corpus Christi | Certificate | Not reported | Not reported | 259 |
| El Paso Community College | El Paso | Certificate | Not reported | Not reported | 70 |
| Elite Welding AcademyWIOA list | Houston | Certificate | $12,800 | 7 months | 32 |
| Fortis College | Houston | Certificate | $20,860 | 12 months | 14 |
| Frank Phillips CollegeWIOA list | Borger | Certificate | Not reported | Not reported | 61 |
| Galveston College | Galveston | Certificate | Not reported | Not reported | 71 |
| Grayson CollegeWIOA list | Denison | Certificate | Not reported | Not reported | 97 |
| Hill CollegeWIOA list | Hillsboro | Certificate | Not reported | Not reported | 136 |
| Houston Community College | Houston | Certificate | Not reported | Not reported | 221 |
| Kilgore College | Kilgore | Certificate | Not reported | Not reported | 33 |
| Lamar Institute of TechnologyWIOA list | Beaumont | Certificate | Not reported | Not reported | 113 |
| Lamar State College-Orange | Orange | Certificate | Not reported | Not reported | 12 |
| Lamar State College-Port ArthurWIOA list | Port Arthur | Certificate | Not reported | Not reported | 11 |
| Laredo College | Laredo | Certificate | Not reported | Not reported | 139 |
| Lee CollegeWIOA list | Baytown | Certificate | Not reported | Not reported | 185 |
| Lincoln College of Technology-Grand Prairie | Grand Prairie | Certificate | $38,552 | 13 months | 240 |
| Lone Star College System | The Woodlands | Certificate | Not reported | Not reported | 381 |
| M T Training Center | Grand Prairie | Certificate | $22,500 | 8 months | 33 |
| McAllen Careers Institute | McAllen | Certificate | $5,875 | 2 months | 122 |
| Midland College | Midland | Certificate | Not reported | Not reported | 61 |
| Miller-Motte College-STVT-Corpus Christi | Corpus Christi | Certificate | $21,228 | 10 months | 34 |
| Miller-Motte College-STVT-San Antonio | San Antonio | Certificate | $21,228 | 10 months | 139 |
| Navarro College | Corsicana | Certificate | Not reported | Not reported | 56 |
| North Central Texas CollegeWIOA list | Gainesville | Certificate | Not reported | Not reported | 110 |
| Odessa College | Odessa | Certificate | Not reported | Not reported | 99 |
| Palo Alto College | San Antonio | Certificate | Not reported | Not reported | 3 |
| Panola CollegeWIOA list | Carthage | Certificate | Not reported | Not reported | 119 |
| Paris Junior CollegeWIOA list | Paris | Certificate | Not reported | Not reported | 77 |
| Precision Welding Academy | Katy | Certificate | $1,200 | 5 months | 81 |
| Ranger College | Ranger | Certificate | Not reported | Not reported | 118 |
| San Jacinto Community CollegeWIOA list | Pasadena | Certificate | Not reported | Not reported | 352 |
| South Plains CollegeWIOA list | Levelland | Certificate | Not reported | Not reported | 124 |
| South Texas College | McAllen | Certificate | Not reported | Not reported | 480 |
| South Texas Vocational Technical Institute-Weslaco | Weslaco | Certificate | $21,510 | 10 months | 125 |
| Southern Careers Institute-Austin | Austin | Certificate | $13,950 | 7 months | 81 |
| Southern Careers Institute-Corpus Christi | Corpus Christi | Certificate | $12,450 | 7 months | 39 |
| Southern Careers Institute-Harlingen | Harlingen | Certificate | $13,950 | 7 months | 125 |
| Southern Careers Institute-PharrWIOA list | Pharr | Certificate | $14,250 | 7 months | 114 |
| Southern Careers Institute-San Antonio | San Antonio | Certificate | $14,250 | 7 months | 187 |
| Southern Careers Institute-Waco | Waco | Certificate | Not reported | Not reported | 13 |
| Southwest College for the Deaf | Big Spring | Certificate | Not reported | Not reported | 0 |
| Southwest Texas CollegeWIOA list | Uvalde | Certificate | Not reported | Not reported | 124 |
| Southwest University at El Paso | El Paso | Certificate | Not reported | Not reported | 22 |
| St Philip's College | San Antonio | Certificate | Not reported | Not reported | 189 |
| Tarrant County College District | Fort Worth | Certificate | Not reported | Not reported | 72 |
| Texarkana College | Texarkana | Certificate | Not reported | Not reported | 177 |
| Texas State Technical CollegeWIOA list | Waco | Certificate | Not reported | Not reported | 563 |
| Trinity Valley Community CollegeWIOA list | Athens | Certificate | Not reported | Not reported | 75 |
| Tulsa Welding School-Dallas Campus | Irving | Certificate | $21,525 | 8 months | 113 |
| Tulsa Welding School-HoustonWIOA list | Houston | Certificate | $25,825 | 10 months | 1,170 |
| Tyler Junior CollegeWIOA list | Tyler | Certificate | Not reported | Not reported | 36 |
| Universal Technical Institute of Texas Inc.WIOA list | Houston | Certificate | $22,900 | 9 months | 223 |
| Universal Technical Institute-Dallas Fort Worth | Irving | Certificate | $23,650 | 9 months | 186 |
| Universal Technical Institute-West Texas | Austin | Certificate | $23,800 | 9 months | 136 |
| Vernon College | Vernon | Certificate | Not reported | Not reported | 27 |
| Victoria College | Victoria | Certificate | Not reported | Not reported | 21 |
| Weatherford College | Weatherford | Certificate | Not reported | Not reported | 19 |
| Western Technical CollegeWIOA list | El Paso | Certificate | $23,637 | 13 months | 148 |
| Western Texas College | Snyder | Certificate | Not reported | Not reported | 22 |
| Wharton County Junior CollegeWIOA list | Wharton | Certificate | Not reported | Not reported | 33 |
Sources: IPEDS 2024 (programs, completions 2023-24, costs 2024-25). WIOA list: U.S. Department of Labor ETA-9171 file, programs listed June 30, 2025.
Paying for training in Texas
- WIOA in Texas: 5,743 programs from 565 providers on the state's list in the U.S. DOL file, 356 of them Welding.
- Pell Grants for short programs
- Workforce Pell
- GI Bill
No Workforce Pell list loaded for Texas yet. What Workforce Pell covers.