Welding Schools in the Austin area

Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX metro area

Programs

3 within 10 miles

Median pay here

$59,040

welders, cutters, solderers and brazers, BLS May 2025

Lowest listed cost

$13,950

of 2 with a cost, IPEDS

Welding Schools in the Austin area at a glance

Open to the public: 3 programs: 3 at colleges and schools (IPEDS)
Distance from Austin: 3 within 10 miles; nearest 0.4 miles, farthest 7.7 miles
Listed program cost: 2 of 3 list one: $13,950 to $23,800 (IPEDS)
Program length: 2 colleges list a length: 7 months to 9 months (IPEDS)
Length on the WIOA list: 1 listed program gives weeks: 7 weeks full time
Completions, 2023-24: 544 welding awards at the 3 colleges that reported any (IPEDS)
On the WIOA list: 1 of 3 on Texas's eligible training list (DOL file, June 30, 2025)
Pay here: $59,040 median for welders, cutters, solderers and brazers ($28.39 an hour); 10th to 90th percentile $39,420 to $76,060; 2,210 employed in the metro area; Texas median $53,340 (BLS OEWS, May 2025)

Program	Where	Type	Program cost	Length	Completions	Miles
Austin Community College DistrictWIOA list	Austin	Certificate	Not reported	Not reported	327	0.4
Universal Technical Institute-West Texas	Austin	Certificate	$23,800	9 months	136	7.3
Southern Careers Institute-Austin	Austin	Certificate	$13,950	7 months	81	7.7

WIOA in Texas: 5,743 programs are on the state's list in the U.S. DOL file, 356 of them Welding.
Pell Grants for short programs
Workforce Pell
GI Bill