Welding Technology/Welder is above average in terms of popularity with it being the #215 most popular degree program in the country. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.
College Factual looked at 84 colleges and universities when compiling its 2024 Best Welding Technology/Welder Schools ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 46,029 degrees in welding technology/welder during the 2021-2022 academic year.
The wielding program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Welding Technology/Welder rankings. We derive our Best Overall Welding Technology/Welder School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.
The wielding school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Welding Technology/Welder Schools.
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Best Schools for Welding Technology/Welder in the United States
Although we recommend filtering by degree level first, you can view the list below to see which schools give the educational experience for the wielding degree levels they offer. Only those schools that rank in the top 15% of all the schools we analyze get awarded with a place on this list.
It is hard to beat Texas State Technical College if you wish to pursue a degree in welding technology/welder. TSTC is a large public college located in the city of Waco. A Best Colleges rank of #148 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means TSTC is a great college overall.
There were approximately 387 welding technology/welder students who graduated with this degree at TSTC in the most recent year we have data available.
Every student who is interested in welding technology/welder has to look into Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology. Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology is a small public college located in the small city of Lancaster. A Best Colleges rank of #321 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology is a great college overall.
There were roughly 27 welding technology/welder students who graduated with this degree at Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology in the most recent data year.
It's difficult to beat Wichita State University Campus of Applied Sciences and Technology if you wish to pursue a degree in welding technology/welder. Located in the rural area of Wichita, WSU Tech is a public university with a moderately-sized student population. A Best Colleges rank of #440 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means WSU Tech is a great university overall.
There were roughly 115 welding technology/welder students who graduated with this degree at WSU Tech in the most recent data year.
Every student pursuing a degree in welding technology/welder has to take a look at Dunwoody College of Technology. Dunwoody College of Technology is a small private not-for-profit college located in the city of Minneapolis. This college ranks 30th out of 52 colleges for overall quality in the state of Minnesota.
There were approximately 36 welding technology/welder students who graduated with this degree at Dunwoody College of Technology in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the medium-sized suburb of Appleton, FVTC is a public college with a large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #578 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means FVTC is a great college overall.
There were about 298 welding technology/welder students who graduated with this degree at FVTC in the most recent year we have data available.
STC is a small public college located in the rural area of Linn. This college ranks 14th out of 48 colleges for overall quality in the state of Missouri.
There were roughly 24 welding technology/welder students who graduated with this degree at STC in the most recent data year.
Anoka Technical College is a small public college located in the suburb of Anoka. This college ranks 34th out of 52 colleges for overall quality in the state of Minnesota.
There were roughly 119 welding technology/welder students who graduated with this degree at Anoka Technical College in the most recent data year.
Located in the town of Wahpeton, North Dakota State College of Science is a public college with a small student population. This college ranks 7th out of 12 colleges for overall quality in the state of North Dakota.
There were approximately 42 welding technology/welder students who graduated with this degree at North Dakota State College of Science in the most recent data year.
Located in the city of Williamsport, Penn College is a public college with a small student population. This college ranks 55th out of 109 colleges for overall quality in the state of Pennsylvania.
There were roughly 44 welding technology/welder students who graduated with this degree at Penn College in the most recent data year.
Located in the small city of Wausau, North Central Technical College is a public college with a medium-sized student population. A Best Colleges rank of #473 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means North Central Technical College is a great college overall.
There were roughly 125 welding technology/welder students who graduated with this degree at North Central Technical College in the most recent data year.
Located in the town of Watertown, LATI is a public school with a small student population. A Best Colleges rank of #297 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means LATI is a great school overall.
There were about 54 welding technology/welder students who graduated with this degree at LATI in the most recent data year.
Located in the midsize city of McAllen, South Texas College is a public college with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #591 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means South Texas College is a great college overall.
There were about 312 welding technology/welder students who graduated with this degree at South Texas College in the most recent year we have data available.
These are some additional schools worth mentioning that are also great but just didn't quite make the cut to earn our top Best Welding Technology/Welder Schools award.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
The wielding program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Welding Technology/Welder rankings. We derive our Best Overall Welding Technology/Welder School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
