Welding schools in Illinois
45 welding training programs in Illinois, sourced from IPEDS, College Scorecard, and the AWS ATF Domestic Site Listing.
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Where Illinois welders train
45 welding programs operate in Illinois, and 40 of them run through public community colleges rather than private schools. Tuition among the 44 programs reporting a figure runs a median of $4,640, close to the $4,728 national median across 916 programs.
The spread between programs is large enough to matter when picking one. Elgin Community College in Elgin charges the least in the state at $3,252. Universal Technical Institute of Illinois Inc in Lisle charges the most, at $43,550, more than thirteen times the cheapest option for what's ultimately the same certification path. Both, and everything between, are in the table above.
Picking a program by city
Springfield and Rockford lead the state at 2 programs each, tied with 2 in Rockford, but Illinois doesn't concentrate its programs the way some states do; the rest are spread across dozens of smaller cities statewide. 2 of them host a co-located AWS Accredited Test Facility, letting a student test for AWS Certified Welder without leaving campus.
If you're looking for work rather than a classroom seat, Illinois has 6 metro shop directories on file, led by Aurora, IL, Chicago, IL, Joliet, IL. Each page below lists own-site-verified shops separately from candidate listings, so it's clear what's confirmed.