Program entity
Merced College
Merced, California · Public institution
- Address 3600 M St, Merced, CA 95348-2806
- Phone (209) 384-6000
- Website www.mccd.edu/
- Tuition (in-state) $1,200
- Tuition (out-of-state) $8,520
- Welding (CIP 48.0508) completions 150 (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
Merced College offers an AA degree and three certificates (CE, CM, CN) in welding, delivered in hybrid and on-campus formats at both the Merced and Los Banos campuses. Instruction covers oxyacetylene welding, oxyacetylene cutting, SMAW, GMAW, and GTAW, with opportunities to pursue AWS structural qualification testing.
- Processes taught oxyacetylene welding, oxyacetylene cutting, SMAW, GMAW, GTAW
- Credential types AA degree; 3 certificates (CE, CM, CN)
- Schedule hybrid and on-campus formats
- Certifications prepped AWS structural qualification testing opportunities
- Facilities instruction at both Merced and Los Banos campuses
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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