Program entity
Central Arizona College
Coolidge, Arizona · Public institution
- Address 8470 N Overfield Rd, Coolidge, AZ 85128-9030
- Phone (520) 494-5444
- Website www.centralaz.edu/
- Tuition (in-state) $2,250
- Tuition (out-of-state) $4,500
- Welding (CIP 48.0508) completions 28 (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
Central Arizona College offers two welding AAS/certificate tracks: Pipefitting/Pipe Welding Technology and Structural Welding Technology (with Fundamentals and Advanced Structural Welding and Fabrication certificates). The pipe program teaches SMAW, GMAW, and GTAW on steel and nonferrous alloys and states students can qualify for NCCER Pipefitting Certification plus AWS, API, and ASME welder qualification requirements. The structural program covers SMAW, FCAW, GTAW, and GMAW, offers NCCER industry training certification opportunities, and is taught by instructors holding AWS Certified Welding Inspector and Certified Welding Educator credentials; the structural AAS is a two-year degree.
- Processes taught SMAW, GMAW, GTAW, FCAW; pipe welding; structural welding
- Credential types AAS and certificates (Pipefitting/Pipe Welding Technology AAS; Structural Welding Technology AAS; Fundamentals of Structural Welding Certificate; Advanced Structural Welding and Fabrication Certificate)
- Program length Structural Welding Technology AAS: two-year degree
- Certifications prepped NCCER Pipefitting Certification; AWS, API, ASME welder qualification (pipe program); NCCER industry training certification (structural program)
- Facilities Pipe program: computerized plasma cutting machines for plate and pipe, jobsite-setting training. Structural program: job-site-environment training where students weld on I-beams and H-columns and erect them.
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