Program entity

Aims Community College

Greeley, Colorado · Public institution

Address 5401 W. 20th St., Greeley, CO 80634
Phone (970) 330-8008
Website www.aims.edu/
Tuition (in-state) $2,258
Tuition (out-of-state) $11,786
Welding (CIP 48.0508) completions 212 (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

Aims Community College offers an Associate of Applied Science degree in Welding Technology (60 credit hours) built from five stackable certificates: Metal Cutting and Gouging, Arc Welding Processes, Pipe Welding, Metal Fabrication, and a Welding Technician certificate. The program teaches SMAW (stick), GMAW (MIG), FCAW (flux-core), and GTAW (TIG) welding, plus pipe welding and metal fabrication, at campuses in Greeley and Fort Lupton. Courses are offered on weekdays, weeknights, and weekends, with each student assigned an individual welding booth per class.

Processes taught SMAW/stick, GMAW/MIG, FCAW/flux-core, GTAW/TIG, pipe welding
Credential types AAS degree; certificates (Metal Cutting and Gouging, Arc Welding Processes, Pipe Welding, Metal Fabrication, Welding Technician)
Program length 60 credit hours (AAS); certificates range 5-45 credits
Schedule weekdays, weeknights, weekends
Facilities Individual welding booth per student per class; fume extraction systems; fabrication shop with CNC plasma cutters, plate shears, ironworker, cold saw, band saw; Greeley (Applied Technology and Trades Center) and Fort Lupton (Platte Building) campuses

Source: https://www.aims.edu/, 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