Program entity

Moraine Valley Community College

Palos Hills, Illinois · Public institution

Address 9000 W. College Parkway, Palos Hills, IL 60465-0937
Phone (708) 974-4300
Website www.morainevalley.edu/
Tuition (in-state) $3,822
Tuition (out-of-state) $9,846
Welding (CIP 48.0508) completions 88 (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

Moraine Valley Community College offers an Individualized Welding Certificate (Curriculum Code 1530, Mechanical Technologies Department) taking about one year to complete, covering structural steel welding, pipe welding, pressure codes, and production/fabrication techniques including precision cutting. Instructors are certified welding inspectors with production, fabrication, and manufacturing experience. Students can pursue stackable credentials including Multi-Process Welding, Pipe Welding, Welding Advanced, Welding Combination, and Shielded Metal Arc Welding certificates, with a dual enrollment option for high school students; scholarships and financial aid are available.

Processes taught structural welding, pipe welding, SMAW
Credential types Individualized Welding Certificate; stackable certificates (Multi-Process Welding, Pipe Welding, Welding Advanced, Welding Combination, Shielded Metal Arc Welding)
Program length About one year
Schedule Dual enrollment option available for high school students
Financial aid Scholarships and financial aid available

Source: https://www.morainevalley.edu/program/individualized-welding/, 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