Program entity
Northwest Shoals Community College
Muscle Shoals, Alabama · Public institution
- Address 800 George Wallace Blvd, Muscle Shoals, AL 35661
- Phone (256) 331-5200
- Website https://www.nwscc.edu/
- Tuition (in-state) $5,131
- Tuition (out-of-state) $9,001
- Welding (CIP 48.0508) completions 203 (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
Northwest Shoals Community College offers a Welding Associate in Occupational Technology (AOT) degree plus a Career Certificate and several short-term certificates covering SMAW/Stick, MIG/Flux Cored (FCAW/GMAW), and GTAW plate and pipe (TIG) welding. NCCER-certified instructors prepare students in advanced welding techniques, and the page states students have the ability to become certified by the American Welding Society.
- Processes taught SMAW/stick, GMAW/MIG, FCAW/flux-core, GTAW/TIG, pipe welding
- Credential types AOT degree; Career Certificate; Short-Term Certificates
- Certifications prepped NCCER; AWS
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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