Program entity
Porter & Chester Institute
Bridgeport, Connecticut · Private for-profit institution
- Address 156 Boston Avenue, Bridgeport, CT 06610
- Phone (860) 529-2519
- Website www.porterchester.edu/
- Tuition (in-state) $14,349
- Tuition (out-of-state) $14,349
- Welding (CIP 48.0508) completions 11 (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
Porter and Chester Institute's welding diploma program is a 10-month, campus-based program covering four arc welding processes: stick (SMAW), TIG (GTAW), MIG (GMAW), and flux-cored (FCAW) welding, plus welding safety. Training uses welding machines, virtual welding simulators, plasma cutters, and oxy-acetylene torch kits. The program is offered at the Bridgeport and New London, CT campuses.
- Processes taught SMAW, GTAW/TIG, GMAW/MIG, FCAW
- Credential types diploma
- Program length 10 months
- Facilities welding machines, virtual welding simulators, plasma cutters, oxy-acetylene torch kits
- Financial aid Grants and scholarships including a Bridgeport Boatworks Scholarship and a Hornblower Marine Scholarship
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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