Program entity
Oakton College
Des Plaines, Illinois · Public institution
- Address 1600 E Golf Rd., Des Plaines, IL 60016-1268
- Phone (847) 635-1600
- Website www.oakton.edu/
- Tuition (in-state) $3,985
- Tuition (out-of-state) $12,462
- Welding (CIP 48.0508) completions 0 (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
Oakton College's Welding Certificate program covers shielded metal arc welding (SMAW), gas metal arc welding (MIG), and gas tungsten arc welding (TIG), preparing students to meet OSHA safety standards and American Welding Society (AWS) expectations. The program targets careers in construction, manufacturing, and artistic metalwork; the page cites strong welder job demand in the Chicagoland region. Program length, schedule, and required courses are not stated on the page.
- Processes taught SMAW, GMAW (MIG), GTAW (TIG)
- Credential types Certificate
- Certifications prepped Prepares to meet OSHA safety standards and AWS expectations
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
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