Program entity

Arizona Western College

Yuma, Arizona · Public institution

Address 2020 S. Avenue 8E, Yuma, AZ 85365-8834
Phone (928) 317-6000
Website https://www.azwestern.edu/
Tuition (in-state) $3,060
Tuition (out-of-state) $9,870
Welding (CIP 48.0508) completions 17 (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

Arizona Western College's welding program page lists an A.A.S. occupational degree plus multiple occupational certificates, and states that instruction covers oxyacetylene welding and cutting, shielded metal arc (stick), gas tungsten arc (TIG), gas metal arc (MIG), and flux-core arc welding, with additional coverage of plasma arc, resistance, submerged arc, and electron beam processes. The page notes the AAS in Welding Technology STEM Emphasis degree is no longer available to new students. Program length, schedule, certification prep, and financial aid details are not stated on the page.

Processes taught oxyacetylene, SMAW/stick, GTAW/TIG, GMAW/MIG, FCAW, plasma arc, resistance welding, submerged arc, electron beam
Credential types AAS occupational degree (STEM Emphasis AAS no longer available to new students); occupational certificates

Source: https://www.azwestern.edu/degrees-and-certificates/welding, retrieved 2026-08-05

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