Program entity

Stautzenberger College-Rockford Career College

Rockford, Illinois · Private for-profit institution

Address 1130 South Alpine Road Suite 100, Rockford, IL 61108-3900
Phone (815) 965-8616
Website https://www.rockfordcareercollege.edu/
Tuition (in-state) $16,699
Tuition (out-of-state) $16,699
Welding (CIP 48.0508) completions 32 (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

Rockford Career College (Stautzenberger College) offers a Welding diploma completable in 10 months (64 quarter credit hours), on-campus only. Instruction covers Stick, Flux Core, MIG, and TIG welding on mild steel up to 3/8 inch, plus pipe welding, thermal cutting, and metal preparation, preparing students for plate-welding code tests. Graduates have the opportunity to obtain an American Welding Society Certified Welding Inspection (CWI) report at no extra cost. The college offers federal aid, grants, and scholarships for those who qualify, and lists a next start date of June 29, 2026.

Processes taught stick/SMAW, flux core/FCAW, MIG/GMAW, TIG/GTAW, pipe welding
Credential types Diploma (64 quarter credit hours)
Program length 10 months
Schedule On-campus only
Certifications prepped American Welding Society Certified Welding Inspection (CWI) report opportunity
Financial aid Federal aid, grants, and scholarships for those who qualify

Source: https://www.rockfordcareercollege.edu/programs/skilled-trades/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