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Welding Schools in the Charleston area
3 welding programs in the Charleston, WV metro area, listed by distance from Charleston.
Programs
3
2 within 10 miles
Median pay here
$48,000
welders, cutters, solderers and brazers, BLS May 2025
Lowest listed cost
$5,000
of 2 with a cost, IPEDS
Welding programs, nearest to Charleston first
| Program | Where | Type | Program cost | Length | Completions | Miles |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BridgeValley Community & Technical College | South Charleston | Certificate | Not reported | Not reported | 7 | 6.2 |
| Ben Franklin Career Center | Dunbar | Certificate | $5,264 | 7 months | 17 | 6.4 |
| Boone Career and Technical Center | Foster | Certificate | $5,000 | 12 months | 6 | 12.2 |
The metro area is the federal (OMB) metropolitan statistical area, so suburbs count with their city. Miles are measured from the city's center to the school's address or ZIP code center.
Paying for training in the Charleston area
- WIOA in West Virginia: 151 programs are on the state's list in the U.S. DOL file, 8 of them Welding.
- Pell Grants for short programs
- Workforce Pell
- GI Bill
Other West Virginia metro areas
- Huntington area5 programs