Program entity

Pima Community College

Tucson, Arizona · Public institution

Address 4905C East Broadway Blvd., Tucson, AZ 85709-1275
Phone (520) 206-4500
Website www.pima.edu/
Tuition (in-state) $2,442
Tuition (out-of-state) $7,758
Welding (CIP 48.0508) completions 25 (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

Pima Community College offers a stackable welding pathway at its Downtown Campus: a Basic Welding Certificate (1 semester full-time), a Welding Fabrication Certificate (1 year full-time), and an AAS in Welding (2 years full-time), all in-person. The page states coverage of SMAW skills, blueprint reading, cost-estimating, oxy-fuel cutting, metallurgy, computer-aided drafting, and robotic welding, applied to structural, ornamental, and exotic metalwork. It states the AAS is Title IV financial aid eligible and notes military/veteran benefits are available; specific third-party certifications are referenced generically but not named.

Processes taught SMAW; oxy-fuel cutting; robotic welding
Credential types Certificate, Welding Basic (1 semester); Certificate, Welding Fabrication (1 year); AAS, Welding (2 years)
Program length Basic Certificate: 1 semester full-time; Fabrication Certificate: 1 year full-time; AAS: 2 years full-time
Schedule In-person, full-time, at Downtown Campus
Financial aid Title IV Financial Aid eligible; Military/Veterans benefits available

Source: https://pima.edu/academics-programs/degrees-certificates/imc/welding/aas/index.html, 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