North Arkansas College
Harrison, Arkansas · Public institution
- Address 1515 Pioneer Drive, Harrison, AR 72601-5508
- Phone (870) 743-3000
- Website www.northark.edu/
- Tuition (in-state) $3,504
- Tuition (out-of-state) $5,592
- Welding (CIP 48.0508) completions 57 (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.)
What this program covers
North Arkansas College offers a Welding Technology Certificate of Proficiency (1 semester) covering shielded metal arc welding (SMAW), thermal cutting processes, equipment setup, weld bead development, shop safety, and interpreting welding symbols and drawings, offered on campus only (not offered online). The college also offers a Welding Technology Technical Certificate (1 year) covering SMAW, MIG, TIG, oxy-acetylene, and plasma cutting, preparing students for American Welding Society (AWS) certification for structural plate and pressure pipe; the technical certificate requires NCCER Core Curriculum and Welding Level I and can stack toward an Associate of Applied Science in General Technology degree.
- Processes taught SMAW, MIG, TIG, oxy-acetylene cutting, plasma cutting
- Credential types Certificate of Proficiency (1 semester); Technical Certificate (1 year); stackable toward AAS in General Technology
- Program length Certificate of Proficiency: 1 semester; Technical Certificate: 1 year
- Schedule Offered on campus; not offered online
- Certifications prepped American Welding Society (AWS) certification for structural plate and pressure pipe
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