Lewis and Clark Community College
Godfrey, Illinois · Public institution
- Address 5800 Godfrey Rd, Godfrey, IL 62035
- Phone (618) 468-7000
- Website www.lc.edu/
- Tuition (in-state) $4,340
- Tuition (out-of-state) $7,840
- Welding (CIP 48.0508) completions 143 (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.)
What this program covers
Lewis and Clark Community College offers an Associate in Applied Science and a Certificate of Proficiency in Welding Technology, plus a Certificate of Proficiency in Production/Fabrication Welding, and five shorter Certificates of Completion covering basic welding, general welding, gas tungsten arc and pipe welding, shielded metal arc welding, structural welding, testing and inspection, TIG welding, and wire-feed welding. Instruction includes GTAW/TIG, SMAW, wire-feed, structural, and pipe welding, offered either through traditional scheduled classes or self-paced Competency-Based Education. The program is housed in workshop "WW 0104" and partners with the St. Louis Confluence Fab Lab; the Beem Family Memorial Scholarship and the L&C Board of Trustees Career Scholarship - Welding Technology are available.
- Processes taught GTAW/TIG, SMAW, wire-feed, structural welding, pipe welding
- Credential types AAS in Welding Technology; Certificate of Proficiency in Welding Technology; Certificate of Proficiency in Production/Fabrication Welding; five Certificates of Completion
- Schedule Traditional scheduled classes or self-paced Competency-Based Education
- Facilities Workshop WW 0104; partnership with St. Louis Confluence Fab Lab
- Financial aid Beem Family Memorial Scholarship; L&C Board of Trustees Career Scholarship - Welding Technology
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