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Welding Schools in the Dallas area
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX metro area
Programs
12
6 within 10 miles
Median pay here
$51,630
welders, cutters, solderers and brazers, BLS May 2025
Lowest listed cost
$3,500
of 8 with a cost, DOL WIOA list and IPEDS
Welding Schools in the Dallas area at a glance
- Open to the public
- 12 programs: 8 at colleges and schools (IPEDS), 4 known only from the WIOA list
- Distance from Dallas
- 6 within 10 miles; nearest 5.2 miles, farthest 41.6 miles
- Listed program cost
- 8 of 12 list one: $3,500 to $38,552, middle $21,525 (DOL WIOA list and IPEDS)
- Program length
- 4 colleges list a length: 8 months to 13 months (IPEDS)
- Completions, 2023-24
- 1,262 welding awards at the 8 colleges that reported any (IPEDS)
- On the WIOA list
- 7 of 12 on Texas's eligible training list (DOL file, June 30, 2025); middle 74% of exiters employed in the second quarter (4 report it); middle completion 66% (4 report it)
- Pay here
- $51,630 median for welders, cutters, solderers and brazers ($24.82 an hour); 10th to 90th percentile $39,210 to $76,920; 10,620 employed in the metro area; Texas median $53,340 (BLS OEWS, May 2025)
Welding programs, nearest to Dallas first
| Program | Where | Type | Program cost | Length | Completions | Miles |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Construction Education Foundation INC.WIOA list | Dallas | WIOA list only | $10,588 | Not reported | 5.2 | |
| M T Training Center | Grand Prairie | Certificate | $22,500 | 8 months | 33 | 8.1 |
| Universal Technical Institute-Dallas Fort Worth | Irving | Certificate | $23,650 | 9 months | 186 | 8.5 |
| MT Training CenterWIOA list | Grand Prairie | WIOA list only | $16,345 | Not reported | 8.6 | |
| Tulsa Welding School-Dallas Campus | Irving | Certificate | $21,525 | 8 months | 113 | 8.6 |
| Lincoln College of Technology-Grand Prairie | Grand Prairie | Certificate | $38,552 | 13 months | 240 | 9.1 |
| Tarrant County College District | Fort Worth | Certificate | Not reported | Not reported | 72 | 15.5 |
| Careers Institute of AmericaWIOA list | Dallas | WIOA list only | $11,900 | Not reported | 15.8 | |
| Dallas CollegeWIOA list | Dallas | Certificate | Not reported | Not reported | 214 | 17.5 |
| CLC IncorporatedWIOA list | Fort Worth | WIOA list only | $3,500 | Not reported | 25.4 | |
| Collin County Community College DistrictWIOA list | McKinney | Certificate | Not reported | Not reported | 385 | 34.5 |
| Weatherford CollegeWIOA list | Weatherford | Certificate | Not reported | Not reported | 19 | 41.6 |
- College programs, cost and completions: IPEDS complete data files, 2024-25 collection, read October 8, 2026.
- WIOA list: DOL TrainingProviderResults.gov program file (ETA-9171), read October 8, 2026.
- Pay: BLS OEWS, May 2025, Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX, read October 8, 2026.
Paying for training
- 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
Other Texas metro areas
- Houston area19 programs
- Brownsville area6 programs
- McAllen area6 programs
- Corpus Christi area5 programs
- San Antonio area5 programs
- Beaumont area4 programs
- El Paso area4 programs
- Austin area3 programs