Program entity

Georgia Northwestern Technical College

Rome, Georgia · Public institution

Address One Maurice Culberson Drive, Rome, GA 30161
Phone (706) 295-6963
Website www.gntc.edu/
Tuition (in-state) $3,300
Tuition (out-of-state) $5,868
Welding (CIP 48.0508) completions 198 (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

Georgia Northwestern Technical College's Welding and Joining Technology program offers a Diploma and multiple certificates (Basic/Advanced Shielded Metal Arc Welder, Gas Metal Arc Welder, Gas Tungsten Arc Welder, Flux Cored Arc Welder, Pipe Shielded Metal Arc Welding, Vertical Shielded Metal Arc Welder Fabricator). Instruction covers SMAW, GMAW, FCAW, and GTAW processes plus blueprint reading, fabrication, pipe welding, and metal-cutting procedures. Classes are held at the Walker County, Whitfield Murray, and Floyd County campuses; the program was established in 1966.

Processes taught SMAW, GMAW, FCAW, GTAW
Credential types Diploma, Basic/Advanced Shielded Metal Arc Welder, Gas Metal Arc Welder, Gas Tungsten Arc Welder, Flux Cored Arc Welder, Pipe Shielded Metal Arc Welding, Vertical Shielded Metal Arc Welder Fabricator certificates
Facilities Walker County Campus, Whitfield Murray Campus, Floyd County Campus

Source: https://www.gntc.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