Program entity
Eastern Arizona College
Thatcher, Arizona · Public institution
- Address 615 N. Stadium Ave., Thatcher, AZ 85552-0769
- Phone (928) 428-8272
- Website www.eac.edu/
- Tuition (in-state) $2,352
- Tuition (out-of-state) $9,552
- 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
Eastern Arizona College offers a Welding Technology AAS, a Welding Technology Certificate, and a Welding Manufacturing Fundamentals certificate, all based in Thatcher, Arizona. The page states students train on multi-process digital welders for SMAW, GTAW, GMAW, and FCAW. The AAS runs 4 full-time semesters, the certificate 2 full-time semesters, and Manufacturing Fundamentals 4 part-time semesters, in "well-equipped welding shops."
- Processes taught SMAW, GTAW, GMAW, FCAW
- Credential types AAS (Welding Technology); Certificate (Welding Technology); Certificate (Welding Manufacturing Fundamentals)
- Program length AAS: 4 full-time semesters; Certificate: 2 full-time semesters; Manufacturing Fundamentals: 4 part-time semesters
- Schedule Welding Manufacturing Fundamentals offered part-time
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