Welding schools in Arizona
16 welding training programs in Arizona, sourced from IPEDS, College Scorecard, and the AWS ATF Domestic Site Listing.
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Welding schools in Arizona by city
16 programs across 13 cities, listed by how many programs each city has. Tuition is the lowest figure any program in that city reports; compare states on every state ranked by tuition.
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| City | Programs | Lowest listed tuition |
|---|---|---|
| Glendale | Miller-Motte College-Arizona Automotive Institute, Western Maricopa Education Center | $21,228 |
| Mesa | East Valley Institute of Technology, Mesa Community College | $2,358 |
| Phoenix | GateWay Community College-Central City, Refrigeration School Inc | $4,715 |
| Avondale | Universal Technical Institute of Arizona Inc | $43,750 |
| Coolidge | Central Arizona College | $2,250 |
| Holbrook | Northland Pioneer College | $2,232 |
| Kingman | Mohave Community College | $2,208 |
| Prescott | Yavapai College | $2,948 |
| Sierra Vista | Cochise County Community College District | $2,280 |
| Tempe | Rio Salado College | $2,358 |
| Thatcher | Eastern Arizona College | $2,352 |
| Tucson | Pima Community College | $2,442 |
| Yuma | Arizona Western College | $3,060 |
Arizona's tuition range runs wide
13 of Arizona's 16 welding programs are public community colleges, with 3 run by private schools. Median tuition among the 15 Arizona programs reporting a figure is $2,442, well under the $4,728 national median across 916 programs.
That median hides a big spread. Mohave Community College in Kingman runs $2,208, the cheapest program on file in the state. Universal Technical Institute of Arizona Inc in Avondale charges $43,750, nearly twenty times as much. Both sit in the table above with the rest of Arizona's programs.
Picking a city to train in
Phoenix carries the most programs in the state at 2, tied with Mesa. 4 of Arizona's programs host a co-located AWS Accredited Test Facility, so testing for AWS Certified Welder doesn't require a separate trip once training wraps up.
Arizona also carries 5 local shop directories@if ($sc['top_metro']), led by Phoenix, AZ with 17 listed shops. Those pages sit below and cover where to find work once training is done, not just where to get it.
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