Program entity
Columbia College
Sonora, California · Public institution
- Address 11600 Columbia College Dr, Sonora, CA 95370
- Phone (209) 588-5100
- Website https://www.gocolumbia.edu/
- Tuition (in-state) $1,282
- Tuition (out-of-state) $9,264
- Welding (CIP 48.0508) completions 4 (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
Columbia College offers a Certificate of Achievement in Welding Technology, stated to take approximately 1.5 years to complete. The page does not specify particular welding processes taught, facility details, scheduling, or financial aid; it notes graduates pursue careers in fabrication, construction, oil and gas pipelines, underwater welding, and engineering-adjacent roles.
- Credential types Certificate of Achievement in Welding Technology
- Program length approximately 1.5 years
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
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