Waubonsee Community College
Sugar Grove, Illinois · Public institution
- Address Rte 47 at Waubonsee Drive, Sugar Grove, IL 60554-9454
- Phone Not published
- Website https://www.waubonsee.edu/
- Tuition (in-state) $3,504
- Tuition (out-of-state) $10,477
- Welding (CIP 48.0508) completions 45 (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
Waubonsee Community College's Welding Technology program leads to an Associate in Applied Science degree (Major Code 890A) via a 21-month Career Ready Pathway. Processes taught include oxy-fuel welding and cutting; shielded metal arc welding (SMAW I & II); gas metal arc and flux cored arc welding (GMAW/FCAW); gas tungsten arc welding (GTAW I & II); and pipe welding in both SMAW and GTAW processes. The 30-credit welding-specific curriculum also covers print reading, blueprint interpretation, fabrication, and weld design; the full program totals 60 credits including 15 general-education credits and 15 elective credits from fields such as automation, automotive technology, CAD, and machine tool technology. Students prepare for American Welding Society (AWS) certifications. Class schedule is not stated on the page.
- Processes taught oxy-fuel welding and cutting, SMAW, GMAW/FCAW, GTAW, pipe welding
- Credential types Associate in Applied Science (Major Code 890A)
- Program length 21-month Career Ready Pathway; 60 total credits (30 welding-specific, 15 gen-ed, 15 elective)
- Certifications prepped American Welding Society (AWS) certifications
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