Program entity

Los Medanos College

Pittsburg, California · Public institution

Address 2700 East Leland Road, Pittsburg, CA 94565
Phone (925) 439-2181
Website https://www.losmedanos.edu/
Tuition (in-state) $1,312
Tuition (out-of-state) $10,320
Welding (CIP 48.0508) completions 6 (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

Los Medanos College offers a Certificate of Achievement in Welding Technology, completable in about one year for full-time students (four semesters plus two summer sessions). The program requires 26 welding units plus general education units (180 theory hours, 864 lab hours). After the certificate, students may continue toward an Associate of Science degree. Classes are offered during day, evening, and weekend hours. The page states the program provides sufficient training for entry-level production welding work.

Processes taught Oxyacetylene welding and torch cutting; Shielded Metal Arc Welding (Stick); Gas Tungsten Arc Welding (TIG); Gas Metal Arc Welding (MIG); Flux-Cored Arc Welding (FCAW); air-carbon arc and plasma arc cutting
Credential types Certificate of Achievement in Welding Technology; pathway to Associate of Science
Program length About 1 year full-time (4 semesters + 2 summer sessions); 26 welding units + general education units; 180 theory hours, 864 lab hours
Schedule Day, evening, and weekend classes
Facilities On-campus welding shop facility with instructional equipment
Financial aid Estimated program cost $2,900-$3,300

Source: https://www.losmedanos.edu/welding/courses.aspx, 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