Program entity
Pickens Technical College
Aurora, Colorado · Public institution
- Address 500 Airport Blvd, Aurora, CO 80011-9307
- Phone Not published
- Website www.pickenstech.org/
- Tuition (in-state) $5,140
- Tuition (out-of-state) $9,250
- Welding (CIP 48.0508) completions 34 (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
Pickens Technical College's welding program awards 35 college credits over two semesters, teaching oxyacetylene, SMAW, GMAW, GTAW, and FCAW welding along with blueprint reading. Classes are offered in morning, afternoon, and evening (post-secondary only) sections, split evenly between classroom instruction and shop time. Students obtain AWS certification as part of the curriculum, including an American Welding Society Plate Certification test.
- Processes taught oxyacetylene, SMAW/stick, GMAW/MIG, GTAW/TIG, FCAW/flux-core
- Credential types 35 college credits (secondary/postsecondary program; specific credential type not further named)
- Program length 2 semesters, 35 college credits
- Schedule morning (8:40-11:30am M-F), afternoon (12:10-3:00pm M-F), evening (5:30-10:00pm M-T, postsecondary only)
- Certifications prepped AWS certification; American Welding Society Plate Certification test
- Facilities 50% classroom / 50% shop time; industry grade equipment in a simulated shop environment
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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