Community College of Denver
Denver, Colorado · Public institution
- Address 1111 W. Colfax Ave., Denver, CO 80204-2026
- Phone (303) 556-2600
- Website www.ccd.edu/
- Tuition (in-state) $4,902
- Tuition (out-of-state) $17,136
- Welding (CIP 48.0508) completions 115 (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.)
What this program covers
Community College of Denver's Fabrication Welding program offers an Associate of Applied Science (65 credits) and stackable certificates from Basic Welding (17 credits) through Fabrication Welder (53 credits), plus a Creative Metalworking certificate. Instruction covers oxyacetylene cutting and welding, plasma arc cutting, carbon arc cutting, SMAW, GMAW, and GTAW on steel and aluminum. Training takes place at the Advanced Manufacturing Center, which includes three welding simulators, and graduates are prepared to attempt AWS D1.1 Structural code Welder Qualification tests in SMAW, GMAW, and GTAW. The program is eligible for federal financial aid, and the college states $1,000,000 is available in scholarships.
- Processes taught oxyacetylene cutting/welding, plasma arc cutting, carbon arc cutting, SMAW/stick, GMAW/MIG, GTAW/TIG
- Credential types AAS (65 credits); certificates - Basic Welding, Intermediate Welding, Arc Welder, Fabrication Welder, Creative Metalworking
- Program length AAS 65 credits; certificates 17-53 credits
- Schedule 14-24% of the degree offered online or hybrid
- Certifications prepped AWS D1.1 Structural code Welder Qualification tests (SMAW, GMAW, GTAW); up to five AWS qualifications
- Facilities Advanced Manufacturing Center with three welding simulators, 2570 31st Street, Denver
- Financial aid eligible for federal financial aid; $1,000,000 available in scholarships
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