Program entity

Augusta Technical College

Augusta, Georgia · Public institution

Address 3200 Augusta Tech Drive, Augusta, GA 30906
Phone (706) 771-4000
Website www.augustatech.edu/
Tuition (in-state) $4,282
Tuition (out-of-state) $7,492
Welding (CIP 48.0508) completions 109 (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

Augusta Technical College's Welding and Joining Technology Diploma is a four-term, 54-credit program offered at the Augusta Campus, Columbia County, and Waynesboro sites, with fall, spring, and summer entrance dates. Coursework covers oxyfuel cutting, flat/horizontal/vertical/overhead shielded metal arc welding, gas metal arc welding, and gas tungsten arc welding, with pipe welding and flux-cored arc welding as electives. Graduates are described as employable as construction, industrial, or special-purpose welders in steel fabrication, railroad repair, and heavy construction. The catalog also lists related certificates: Basic Shielded Metal Arc Welder, Advanced Pipe Welding, and Gas Metal Arc Welder.

Processes taught oxyfuel cutting, SMAW (flat/horizontal/vertical/overhead), GMAW, GTAW, pipe welding (elective), FCAW (elective)
Credential types Diploma, plus certificates (Basic Shielded Metal Arc Welder, Advanced Pipe Welding, Gas Metal Arc Welder)
Program length Four Terms, 54 credits
Schedule Fall, Spring, Summer entrance dates
Facilities Augusta Campus, Columbia County, and Waynesboro sites

Source: https://www.augustatech.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