Program entity

Phillips Community College of the University of Arkansas

Helena, Arkansas · Public institution

Address 1000 Campus Drive, Helena, AR 72342-0785
Phone (870) 338-6474
Website www.pccua.edu/
Tuition (in-state) $3,380
Tuition (out-of-state) $4,550
Welding (CIP 48.0508) completions 51 (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

Phillips Community College of the University of Arkansas offers a Welding Technology Technical Certificate (34 credit hours) covering shielded metal arc welding (SMAW), gas metal arc welding (TIG/MIG), pipe welding, and inert gas welding, delivered in-person at the DeWitt, Helena-West Helena, and Stuttgart campuses with OSHA-approved safety orientation. Three embedded Certificates of Proficiency are nested within the technical certificate: General Welding Techniques (15 hours, also covering plasma cutting, air carbon arc cutting, and oxyacetylene cutting), Mild Steel Welding, and Inert Gas Welding.

Processes taught SMAW, GMAW (TIG/MIG), pipe welding, inert gas welding, plasma cutting, air carbon arc cutting, oxyacetylene cutting
Credential types Technical Certificate (34 credit hours); Certificates of Proficiency (General Welding Techniques 15 hours, Mild Steel Welding, Inert Gas Welding)
Program length Technical Certificate: 34 credit hours; General Welding Techniques CP: 15 hours
Schedule In-person at DeWitt, Helena-West Helena, and Stuttgart campuses
Facilities Welding training booths at multiple campuses

Source: https://pccua.edu/degrees-and-certificates/welding-technology/tc/; https://pccua.edu/degrees-and-certificates/general-welding-techniques/cp/, 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