Program entity
George C Wallace State Community College-Hanceville
Hanceville, Alabama · Public institution
- Address 801 Main St NW, Hanceville, AL 35077-2000
- Phone (256) 352-8000
- Website https://www.wallacestate.edu/
- Tuition (in-state) $5,220
- Tuition (out-of-state) $9,090
- Welding (CIP 48.0508) completions 111 (latest reported year)
- AWS ATF co-located No (No AWS ATF facility found in this city+state in the AWS ATF Domestic Site Listing PDF (6.25.2025, 200 domestic facilities) -- not a gap, a computed negative match.)
Program details
What this program covers
Wallace State Community College's welding program offers AAS, certificate, and short-term certificate options with day and evening classes at the Hanceville and Oneonta campuses. Training includes industrial print reading, structural and pipe welding, inspection and testing, and welding/cutting processes on carbon steel, aluminum, and stainless steel, delivered from the Center for Welding Technology, which the page states has 83 manual welding booths and Lincoln Electric Power Wave 300C welding machines. All graduates complete at least two AWS qualification tests; the page cites a 100 percent job placement rate and starting salaries reaching $40,000.
- Processes taught structural welding, pipe welding
- Credential types AAS; Certificate; Short-Term Certificate
- Schedule Day; Evening
- Certifications prepped AWS qualification tests
- Facilities Center for Welding Technology building; 83 manual welding booths; Lincoln Electric Power Wave 300C welding machines
Sources & provenance
- Identity IPEDS Directory (HD component) via Urban Institute Education Data API (2023) , retrieved 2026-08-04
- Completions IPEDS Completions (C2023_A, NCES bulk file) (2023 (2022-23 academic year)) , retrieved 2026-08-04
- Tuition College Scorecard institution-level bulk CSV (Most Recent Cohorts) (most-recent-cohort (exact AY not labeled in bulk file; file release timestamp 2026-06-10)) , retrieved 2026-08-04
- Atf AWS ATF Domestic Site Listing PDF (aws-p-001-delivery.sitecorecontenthub.cloud/api/public/content/AWS-ATF-Domestic-Site-Listing), dated 6.25.2025, GET-fetched and parsed with pdftotext; 200 facility records extracted (city+state); co-location = program's city+state matches an ATF facility's city+state (2025 (6.25.2025 listing)) , retrieved 2026-08-04
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