Program entity

Santa Ana College

Santa Ana, California · Public institution

Address 1530 W. 17th Street, Santa Ana, CA 92706-3398
Phone (714) 564-6000
Website www.sac.edu/
Tuition (in-state) $1,180
Tuition (out-of-state) $10,756
Welding (CIP 48.0508) completions 68 (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

Santa Ana College's Welding Technology Department offers an AS Degree and five certificates: Welding Technology, Alternative Welding Processes, Gas Tungsten Arc Welding, Pipe Welding, and Structural Steel. Processes taught are implied by the certificate names but not itemized as a standard MIG/TIG/stick/FCAW list.

Processes taught implied by certificate names: GTAW, pipe, structural steel, "alternative welding processes"
Credential types AS degree; certificates in Welding Technology, Alternative Welding Processes, Gas Tungsten Arc Welding, Pipe Welding, Structural Steel
Financial aid general college financial aid referenced, no specifics

Source: https://sac.edu/division/hst/wt/index.php, 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