2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Wielding Major in Nevada

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Wielding Major in Nevada” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Welding Technology/Welder is the 215th most popular major in the country with 42,490 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

Across Nevada, there were 282 welding technology/welder graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 32 welding technology/welder graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,756 and $17,303 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Wielding Major in Nevada” ranking analyzed 3 colleges that offered a degree in welding technology/welder. That schools that top this list have a program in welding technology/welder in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.

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Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Wielding Major in Nevada

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Wielding Major in Nevada”.

Top 3 Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Welding Technology/Welder in Nevada

1

Western Nevada College
Carson City, Nevada

#8 overall quality in Nevada

Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Wielding Major in Nevada that were part of this year’s ranking, Western Nevada College landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Carson City, Nevada, this small public school handed out 9 diplomas to qualified associates’s wielding students in 2020-2021.

Read full report on Welding Technology/Welder at WNC

2

Truckee Meadows Community College
Reno, Nevada

#5 overall quality in Nevada

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Truckee Meadows Community College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Wielding Major in Nevada list. Truckee Meadows Community College is a medium-sized school located in Reno, Nevada that handed out 11 associates’s wielding degrees in 2020-2021.

Full Truckee Meadows Community College Welding Technology/Welder Report

3

College of Southern Nevada
Las Vegas, Nevada

#3 overall quality in Nevada

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend College of Southern Nevada. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Wielding Major in Nevada list. This large school is located in Las Vegas, Nevada, and it awarded 12 associates’s wielding degrees in 2020-2021.

Read more about Welding Technology/Welder at College of Southern Nevada

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Notes and References

References

• 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 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).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.