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Welding Schools in the Houston area
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX metro area
Programs
19
3 within 10 miles
Median pay here
$57,940
welders, cutters, solderers and brazers, BLS May 2025
Lowest listed cost
$1,200
of 11 with a cost, DOL WIOA list and IPEDS
Welding Schools in the Houston area at a glance
- Open to the public
- 19 programs: 13 at colleges and schools (IPEDS), 6 known only from the WIOA list
- Distance from Houston
- 3 within 10 miles; nearest 1.4 miles, farthest 47.9 miles
- Listed program cost
- 11 of 19 list one: $1,200 to $25,825, middle $8,500 (DOL WIOA list and IPEDS)
- Program length
- 5 colleges list a length: 5 months to 12 months (IPEDS)
- Length on the WIOA list
- 2 listed programs give weeks: 3 to 36 weeks full time
- Completions, 2023-24
- 2,833 welding awards at the 13 colleges that reported any (IPEDS)
- On the WIOA list
- 16 of 19 on Texas's or Louisiana's eligible training list (DOL file, June 30, 2025); middle 70% of exiters employed in the second quarter (13 report it); middle completion 70% (13 report it)
- Pay here
- $57,940 median for welders, cutters, solderers and brazers ($27.86 an hour); 10th to 90th percentile $38,480 to $81,940; 15,850 employed in the metro area; Texas median $53,340 (BLS OEWS, May 2025)
Welding programs, nearest to Houston first
| Program | Where | Type | Program cost | Length | Completions | Miles |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Community CollegeWIOA list | Houston | Certificate | Not reported | Not reported | 221 | 1.4 |
| Elite Welding AcademyWIOA list | Houston | Certificate | $12,800 | 7 months | 32 | 4.3 |
| Industrial Welding AcademyWIOA list | Houston | WIOA list only | $2,500 | Not reported | 8.1 | |
| Supreme Welding AcademyWIOA list | Houston | WIOA list only | $6,000 | Not reported | 13.4 | |
| Tulsa Welding School-HoustonWIOA list | Houston | Certificate | $25,825 | 10 months | 1,170 | 15.0 |
| San Jacinto Community CollegeWIOA list | Pasadena | Certificate | Not reported | Not reported | 352 | 15.4 |
| Arclabs Welding SchoolWIOA list | Houston | WIOA list only | $8,110 | Not reported | 15.9 | |
| Universal Technical Institute of Texas Inc.WIOA list | Houston | Certificate | $22,900 | 9 months | 223 | 17.6 |
| Fortis College | Houston | Certificate | $20,860 | 12 months | 14 | 17.7 |
| Royalty Welding Academy LLCWIOA list | Houston | WIOA list only | $8,500 | Not reported | 17.7 | |
| MIAT College of TechnologyWIOA list | Houston | WIOA list only | $21,175 | Not reported | 18.1 | |
| Precision Welding Academy | Katy | Certificate | $1,200 | 5 months | 81 | 21.4 |
| Lee CollegeWIOA list | Baytown | Certificate | Not reported | Not reported | 185 | 22.5 |
| Griffin's Industrial Welding SchoolWIOA list | Katy | WIOA list only | $6,000 | Not reported | 23.6 | |
| Alvin Community CollegeWIOA list | Alvin | Certificate | Not reported | Not reported | 31 | 24.7 |
| College of the MainlandWIOA list | Texas City | Certificate | Not reported | Not reported | 45 | 31.9 |
| Lone Star College System | The Woodlands | Certificate | Not reported | Not reported | 381 | 31.9 |
| Galveston CollegeWIOA list | Galveston | Certificate | Not reported | Not reported | 71 | 45.5 |
| Brazosport CollegeWIOA list | Lake Jackson | Certificate | Not reported | Not reported | 27 | 47.9 |
- 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, Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, 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
- Dallas area12 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