Program entity · AWS ATF co-located

Orange Coast College

Costa Mesa, California · Public institution

Address 2701 Fairview Road, Costa Mesa, CA 92626
Phone (714) 432-5072
Website orangecoastcollege.edu/
Tuition (in-state) $1,392
Tuition (out-of-state) $11,640
Welding (CIP 48.0508) completions 18 (latest reported year)
AWS ATF co-located Yes (Matched AWS ATF facility city+state (Costa Mesa, CA) against the AWS ATF Domestic Site Listing PDF (6.25.2025).)

Program details

What this program covers

Orange Coast College offers a Certificate of Achievement plus multiple Certificates of Completion in welding, covering SMAW, FCAW, GTAW, GMAW, and pipe welding through progressive proficiency levels (I through IX). The page notes transferable credit toward Ohio State University's welding engineering program.

Processes taught SMAW, FCAW, GTAW, GMAW, pipe
Credential types Certificate of Achievement; multiple Certificates of Completion

Source: https://orangecoastcollege.edu/academics/technology/welding-technology/index.html, 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