Program entity

Spoon River College

Canton, Illinois · Public institution

Address 23235 North County 22, Canton, IL 61520-8622
Phone (309) 647-4645
Website www.src.edu/
Tuition (in-state) $6,090
Tuition (out-of-state) $13,500
Welding (CIP 48.0508) completions 52 (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

Spoon River College offers a Welding Operator Certificate (8 credit hours) and an Advanced Welding Certificate (16 credit hours). Coursework covers arc welding, MIG, and TIG welding; the Operator Certificate includes Engineering Graphics, Introduction to Welding, and MIG Welding, while the Advanced Certificate adds Applied Mathematics, Advanced Arc Welding, and TIG Welding. The program operates within campus machine shop facilities; the page does not specify scheduling or industry certifications, and general college financial aid resources apply.

Processes taught arc welding, MIG, TIG
Credential types Welding Operator Certificate (8 credit hours); Advanced Welding Certificate (16 credit hours)
Program length Operator: 8 credit hours; Advanced: 16 credit hours
Facilities Campus machine shop facilities
Financial aid General college financial aid resources available

Source: https://www.src.edu/academics/career-programs/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