William Rainey Harper College
Palatine, Illinois · Public institution
- Address 1200 W Algonquin Rd, Palatine, IL 60067-7398
- Phone (847) 925-6000
- Website https://www.harpercollege.edu/index.php
- Tuition (in-state) $3,894
- Tuition (out-of-state) $11,874
- Welding (CIP 48.0508) completions 77 (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
Harper College offers an Associate in Applied Science degree in Welding Technology plus four stackable certificates: Advanced Welding, Basic Pipe Welding, Basic Welding, and Welding Fabrication. Students learn welding theory and practical application of major welding forms, blueprint interpretation, and welder qualification test preparation, along with hand-welding, flame-cutting, soldering, and brazing. The program offers an 8-week course format option for flexible scheduling, operates dedicated welding technology facilities on the Palatine campus, and notes coursework may transfer to a four-year college; apprenticeship opportunities offering debt-free credentials with guaranteed employment are also referenced.
- Processes taught hand-welding, flame-cutting, soldering, brazing
- Credential types AAS in Welding Technology; four stackable certificates (Advanced Welding, Basic Pipe Welding, Basic Welding, Welding Fabrication)
- Program length 8-week course format option available
- Schedule 8-week course format for flexible scheduling
- Facilities Dedicated welding technology facilities on Harper's Palatine, IL campus
- Financial aid Apprenticeship opportunities offering debt-free credentials with guaranteed employment referenced
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