McHenry County College
Crystal Lake, Illinois · Public institution
- Address 8900 US Hwy 14, Crystal Lake, IL 60012-2761
- Phone (815) 455-3700
- Website www.mchenry.edu/
- Tuition (in-state) $4,162
- Tuition (out-of-state) $14,399
- Welding (CIP 48.0508) completions 41 (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
McHenry County College offers an Associate of Applied Science degree in Welding and Fabrication requiring 60 credits (about 80 weeks at full-time pace), covering Shielded Metal Arc Welding (SMAW), Gas Metal Arc Welding (GMAW), Flux Cored Arc Welding (FCAW), and Gas Tungsten Arc Welding (GTAW) plus print reading, metal forming, machining, and fabrication. Students can pursue stackable certificates (Manufacturing Essentials, Pre-Apprenticeship Welding Technician, Production Welding Technician, Basic Welding Technician, Advanced Welding Technician) and become eligible for American Welding Society certifications. In-district total program cost is $12,086 ($8,595 tuition plus $3,491 in books/supplies/fees); financial aid, scholarships, payment plans, and WIOA workforce benefits are available.
- Processes taught SMAW, GMAW, FCAW, GTAW
- Credential types AAS in Welding and Fabrication; stackable certificates (Manufacturing Essentials, Pre-Apprenticeship Welding Technician, Production Welding Technician, Basic Welding Technician, Advanced Welding Technician)
- Program length 60 credits; about 80 weeks full-time
- Certifications prepped Eligible for American Welding Society certifications
- Financial aid Financial aid, scholarships, payment plans, and WIOA workforce benefits available
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