Program entity
Imperial Valley College
Imperial, California · Public institution
- Address 380 E. Aten Road, Imperial, CA 92251-0158
- Phone (760) 352-8320
- Website www.imperial.edu/
- Tuition (in-state) $1,148
- Tuition (out-of-state) $8,852
- Welding (CIP 48.0508) completions 22 (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
Imperial Valley College offers an AS in Welding Technology and a certificate program. Curriculum covers SMAW (stick), oxy-fuel welding and cutting, GTAW (TIG), and GMAW (MIG), with the program referencing standards from the American Welding Society, American Petroleum Institute, and American Society of Mechanical Engineers.
- Processes taught SMAW/stick, oxy-fuel welding/cutting, GTAW/TIG, GMAW/MIG
- Credential types AS (Welding Technology major); certificate program
- Certifications prepped standards referenced from AWS, API, ASME (no specific named exam)
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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