2024 Best Welding Technology/Welder Schools in the Southeast Region
9Colleges in the Southeast Region
16,885Wielding Degrees Awarded
If you plan on majoring in welding technology/welder, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #215 in the country in terms of popularity. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.
In 2024, College Factual analyzed 9 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Welding Technology/Welder Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 16,885 degrees in welding technology/welder during the 2020-2021 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. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for welding technology/welder schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
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 in the Southeast Region.
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Best Schools for Welding Technology/Welder in the Southeast Region
If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the wielding degrees they offer, see the list below.
Pitt Community College is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a degree in welding technology/welder. Located in the medium-sized suburb of Winterville, Pitt Community College is a public college with a moderately-sized student population. A Best Colleges rank of #1118 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means Pitt Community College is a great college overall.
There were roughly 145 welding technology/welder students who graduated with this degree at Pitt Community College in the most recent year we have data available.
Elizabethtown Community and Technical College is a wonderful decision for students interested in a degree in welding technology/welder. Elizabethtown Community and Technical College is a moderately-sized public college located in the small city of Elizabethtown. This college ranks 22nd out of 38 schools for overall quality in the state of Kentucky.
There were about 148 welding technology/welder students who graduated with this degree at Elizabethtown Community and Technical College in the most recent data year.
Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a degree in welding technology/welder. Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College is a medium-sized public college located in the rural area of Perkinston. A Best Colleges rank of #1082 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College is a great college overall.
There were roughly 68 welding technology/welder students who graduated with this degree at Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College in the most recent year we have data available.
Jones County Junior College is one of the best schools in the country for getting a degree in welding technology/welder. Located in the distant town of Ellisville, Jones County Junior College is a public college with a small student population. This college ranks 23rd out of 26 colleges for overall quality in the state of Mississippi.
There were roughly 47 welding technology/welder students who graduated with this degree at Jones County Junior College in the most recent year we have data available.
Pearl River Community College is a medium-sized public college located in the rural area of Poplarville. A Best Colleges rank of #1773 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Pearl River Community College is a great college overall.
There were approximately 41 welding technology/welder students who graduated with this degree at Pearl River Community College in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the rural area of Goodman, Holmes Community College is a public college with a small student population. A Best Colleges rank of #1162 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Holmes Community College is a great college overall.
There were roughly 49 welding technology/welder students who graduated with this degree at Holmes Community College in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the small suburb of Parkersburg, West Virginia University at Parkersburg is a public university with a small student population. This university ranks 17th out of 28 schools for overall quality in the state of West Virginia.
There were about 14 welding technology/welder students who graduated with this degree at West Virginia University at Parkersburg in the most recent data year.
Located in the large suburb of Orlando, Southern Technical College is a private for-profit college with a small student population. This college ranks 76th out of 77 schools for overall quality in the state of Florida.
There were about 88 welding technology/welder students who graduated with this degree at Southern Technical College in the most recent year we have data available.
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).