Southeastern Illinois College
Harrisburg, Illinois · Public institution
- Address 3575 College Road, Harrisburg, IL 62946
- Phone (618) 252-5400
- Website www.sic.edu/
- Tuition (in-state) $4,560
- Tuition (out-of-state) $6,780
- Welding (CIP 48.0508) completions 12 (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
Southeastern Illinois College offers four stackable welding credentials: Welding Technology AAS degree, Welding Technology Certificate, Welding Technology (Level 2) Certificate, and Industrial Maintenance Certificate. Training formats include 8-week accelerated courses (with evening options at varying locations) and traditional 16-week daytime courses in Harrisburg. Students can earn American Welding Society (AWS) certification in as little as one year by passing the AWS Welder Performance Qualification Test; instruction is led by AWS-certified welders. Training occurs at the Harrisburg campus and the Stanford D. Williams Career & Training Center in Carmi, guided by an advisory team of welding industry representatives.
- Credential types AAS degree; Certificate; Level 2 Certificate; Industrial Maintenance Certificate
- Program length 8-week accelerated courses; traditional 16-week courses; AWS certification achievable in as little as one year
- Schedule 8-week accelerated (evening options at varying locations); 16-week daytime in Harrisburg
- Certifications prepped American Welding Society (AWS) Welder Performance Qualification Test certification
- Facilities Harrisburg campus and Stanford D. Williams Career & Training Center in Carmi
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