Program entity

Wiregrass Georgia Technical College

Valdosta, Georgia · Public institution

Address 4089 Val Tech Rd, Valdosta, GA 31602-0929
Phone (229) 333-2100
Website https://www.wiregrass.edu/
Tuition (in-state) $3,480
Tuition (out-of-state) $6,048
Welding (CIP 48.0508) completions 216 (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

Wiregrass Georgia Technical College's Welding and Joining Technology Diploma runs 5 terms and covers shielded metal arc welding (flat, horizontal, vertical, overhead positions), gas metal arc welding (MIG), and gas tungsten arc welding (TIG). The program is offered at the Valdosta, Ben Hill Irwin, Coffee, and High School campuses and qualifies for the HOPE Career Grant; graduates are prepared to take qualification tests meeting national welding codes and standards.

Processes taught SMAW (flat/horizontal/vertical/overhead), GMAW/MIG, GTAW/TIG
Credential types Diploma
Program length 5 Terms
Facilities Valdosta, Ben Hill Irwin, Coffee, and High School campuses
Financial aid HOPE Career Grant

Source: https://www.wiregrass.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