Program entity

Long Beach City College

Long Beach, California · Public institution

Address 4901 E. Carson St., Long Beach, CA 90808-1706
Phone (562) 938-4111
Website www.lbcc.edu/
Tuition (in-state) $1,556
Tuition (out-of-state) $12,544
Welding (CIP 48.0508) completions 33 (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

Long Beach City College's closest welding-related program is titled "Metal Fabrication Technology," offering an AS degree, a Certificate of Achievement, and a Robotic Welding Automation Certificate of Achievement, with courses including Introduction to Robotic Welding and Intermediate Robotic Welding offered across fall, winter, and spring semesters. The page does not name traditional welding processes such as MIG, TIG, stick, or flux-core.

Processes taught not specifically named (robotic welding courses only)
Credential types AS degree; Certificate of Achievement; Robotic Welding Automation Certificate of Achievement
Schedule fall, winter, and spring semesters

Source: https://www.lbcc.edu/academic-program/metal-fabrication-technology, 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