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South Texas Welding School: welding training in Edinburg, TX

1710 E. Industrial Dr., Edinburg, TX 78542 · Private Non-Profit

On Texas's WIOA eligible training provider list (DOL file dated June 30, 2025) In person Leads to: Certified Welder

PROGRAM 111 Combination Welding

Tuition and feesas listed, Texas list, DOL file dated June 30, 2025
$12,500
Books and suppliesas listed
$100
Listed cost
$12,600
Lengthfull-time weeks and weekly hours, as listed
Competency-based or withheld
Students who completedof all students who exited, July 2021 to June 2025
93.8%
Employed in the 2nd quarter after exitall students who exited, state wage records
62.5%
Median earnings, 2nd quarter after exitone quarter's pay, students employed then
$12,048
Students who exitedJuly 2021 to June 2025
32
On the list sincedate added, ETA-9171
September 4, 2019
Typical pay for welders, cutters, solderers and brazersBLS OEWS May 2025, McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX
$39,710

Every line comes from the file named under it. Suppressed means DOL withheld the figure (a small group, nothing reported, or a data quality hold); a blank is never estimated.

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South Texas Welding School has 11 welding programs on Texas's list, filed under precision metal working (CIP 48.0508); the table below shows all of them. Its listed tuition of $12,500 compares with typical yearly pay of $39,710 for welders, cutters, solderers and brazers in McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX. Of the 32 students who left the program between July 2021 and June 2025, 93.8% completed it.

This provider does not appear in IPEDS, the FMCSA training registry or a state list we load, so the Department of Labor's file is the record shown here. Ask the provider and your American Job Center whether the program is still on the list before you enroll: the file lists programs as of June 30, 2025.

South Texas Welding School's welding programs on the list

People who meet WIOA's rules for training services can have their local workforce board pay for a program on the state's eligible training provider list. Limits vary by area. How WIOA training funds work.

Listed programTuition and feesLengthCompletedEmployed, 2nd quarterMedian earnings, 2nd quarterStudents who exited
PROGRAM 111 Combination WeldingCertified Welder · In person · CIP 48.0508$12,500+ $100 booksCompetency-based or withheld93.8%62.5%$12,04832
Program 101 Stick Welding StructuralCertified Welder · In person · CIP 48.0508$3,300+ $550 booksCompetency-based or withheld100%67.2%$6,84762
Program 104 Heliarc Welding PipeCertified Welder · In person · CIP 48.0508$9,214+ $650 booksCompetency-based or withheld100%69.7%$13,55934
Program 108 Stainless Steel Welding StructualCertified Welder · In person · CIP 48.0508$7,687+ $550 booksCompetency-based or withheld100%66.7%$7,3399
Program 102 Stick Welding PipeCertified Welder · In person · CIP 48.0508$3,300+ $550 booksCompetency-based or withheldSuppressedSuppressedSuppressedSuppressed
Program 103 Stick Welding Downhill Pipeline With Saddle TestCertified Welder · In person · CIP 48.0508$8,776+ $650 booksCompetency-based or withheldSuppressedSuppressedSuppressedSuppressed
Program 105 Heliarc PlateCertified Welder · In person · CIP 48.0508$3,900+ $650 booksCompetency-based or withheldSuppressedSuppressedSuppressedSuppressed
Program 106 Coper Nickle WeldingCertified Welder · In person · CIP 48.0508$4,600+ $650 booksCompetency-based or withheldSuppressedSuppressedSuppressedSuppressed
Program 107 Flux Core Welding PipeCertified Welder · In person · CIP 48.0508$3,300+ $550 booksCompetency-based or withheldSuppressedSuppressedSuppressedSuppressed
Program 109 Mig WeldingCertified Welder · In person · CIP 48.0508$4,344+ $550 booksCompetency-based or withheldSuppressedSuppressedSuppressedSuppressed
Program 110 Flux Core Welding StructuralCertified Welder · In person · CIP 48.0508$3,300+ $550 booksCompetency-based or withheldSuppressedSuppressedSuppressedSuppressed

Source: U.S. Department of Labor, TrainingProviderResults.gov program file (ETA-9171): programs on state lists as of June 30, 2025; outcomes for all students who exited between July 2021 and June 2025, not only WIOA-funded ones. Median earnings are one quarter's pay in the second quarter after exit. Suppressed means DOL withheld the figure (a small group, nothing reported, or a data quality hold); for length it can also mean a competency-based program. Not matched to any other record: listed here as the state reported it.

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