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Welders at work at the California Shipbuilding Corporation, Wilmington, California, 1942
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Welding schools in Iowa

15 welding training programs in Iowa, sourced from IPEDS, College Scorecard, and the AWS ATF Domestic Site Listing.

California Shipbuilding Corporation, Wilmington, CA, 1942. Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, FSA/OWI, public domain

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Program City Tuition Phone AWS ATF
Des Moines Area Community College Ankeny $5,790 (515) 964-6200 No
Indian Hills Community College Ottumwa $5,040 (641) 683-5111 Co-located
Iowa Western Community College Council Bluffs $6,930 (712) 325-3200 No
Eastern Iowa Community College District Davenport $4,848 (563) 336-3300 No
Southeastern Community College West Burlington $6,420 (319) 752-2731 Co-located
Marshalltown Community College Marshalltown $5,496 (641) 752-7106 No
Kirkwood Community College Cedar Rapids $6,176 (319) 398-5411 Co-located
Iowa Central Community College Fort Dodge $5,496 n/a No
North Iowa Area Community College Mason City $6,653 (641) 423-1264 No
Hawkeye Community College Waterloo $6,525 (319) 296-2320 No
Southwestern Community College Creston $8,064 (641) 782-7081 No
Western Iowa Tech Community College Sioux City $5,186 (712) 274-8733 Co-located
Northeast Iowa Community College Calmar $6,780 (844) 642-2338 No
Northwest Iowa Community College Sheldon $7,350 (712) 324-5061 No
Iowa Lakes Community College Estherville $7,392 (712) 362-2601 No

Iowa's welding programs price close together

15 programs, all 15 of them public community colleges. The spread from cheapest to priciest is narrow for this site: Eastern Iowa Community College District in Davenport runs $4,848, and Southwestern Community College in Creston tops out at $8,064. No private school pulls the top end higher, because there isn't one in the state's program list.

The median lands at $6,420 across 15 programs, against $4,728 nationally across 916.

No single city leads

Iowa's programs are spread almost evenly across the state; Ankeny and Ottumwa each carry just 1 program, not enough to call either a hub. 4 of the 15 programs host a co-located AWS Accredited Test Facility for AWS Certified Welder testing on the same campus.

Cedar Rapids, IA, Davenport, IA, Des Moines, IA each have their own shop directory below, separate from this school list.

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Local welding shops in Iowa

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