Welding Schools in the Beaumont area

Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX metro area

Programs

3 within 10 miles

Median pay here

$59,190

welders, cutters, solderers and brazers, BLS May 2025

Lowest listed cost

$1,500

of 1 with a cost, DOL WIOA list

Welding Schools in the Beaumont area at a glance

Open to the public: 4 programs: 3 at colleges and schools (IPEDS), 1 known only from the WIOA list
Distance from Beaumont: 3 within 10 miles; nearest 4.0 miles, farthest 13.6 miles
Listed program cost: 1 of 4 list one: $1,500 (DOL WIOA list)
Completions, 2023-24: 136 welding awards at the 3 colleges that reported any (IPEDS)
On the WIOA list: 3 of 4 on Texas's eligible training list (DOL file, June 30, 2025)
Pay here: $59,190 median for welders, cutters, solderers and brazers ($28.46 an hour); 10th to 90th percentile $40,080 to $83,680; 1,980 employed in the metro area; Texas median $53,340 (BLS OEWS, May 2025)

Program	Where	Type	Program cost	Completions	Miles
M Weeks Welding Laboratory Testing and Welding School IncWIOA list	Nederland	WIOA list only	$1,500		4.0
Lamar State College-Port ArthurWIOA list	Port Arthur	Certificate	Not reported	11	8.1
Lamar Institute of TechnologyWIOA list	Beaumont	Certificate	Not reported	113	9.4
Lamar State College-Orange	Orange	Certificate	Not reported	12	13.6

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