Program entity

College of the Sequoias

Visalia, California · Public institution

Address 915 S. Mooney Blvd, Visalia, CA 93277-2214
Phone (559) 730-3700
Website https://www.cos.edu/
Tuition (in-state) $1,394
Tuition (out-of-state) $9,038
Welding (CIP 48.0508) completions 29 (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

College of the Sequoias offers an Associate Degree and certificate options in Welding Technology, with instruction covering welding, fabrication, shielding gases, metallurgy, blueprint design/creation, multi-position metal transfer, and weld-joint design/application. Primary instruction is at the Tulare Campus, with additional presence at the Visalia Campus and Hanford Educational Center; AWS and COS scholarship applications are available.

Processes taught general process/skill areas named (welding, fabrication, shielding gases); not itemized as MIG/TIG/stick/FCAW
Credential types Associate Degree in Welding Technology; Certificate options
Facilities Tulare Campus (C101 A) primary instruction site; also Visalia Campus and Hanford Educational Center
Financial aid AWS Scholarship and COS Scholarship applications available

Source: https://www.cos.edu/en-us/academics/industry-technology/welding, 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