Program entity

Labette Community College

Parsons, Kansas · Public institution

Address 200 S 14th, Parsons, KS 67357-4201
Phone (620) 421-6700
Website www.labette.edu/
Tuition (in-state) $4,064
Tuition (out-of-state) $4,864
Welding (CIP 48.0508) completions 29 (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

Labette Community College's Welding Technology program offers an AAS degree plus Level I and Level II certificates, with a 10-month option, held at the Workforce Training Center on Flynn Drive. Instruction covers shielded metal arc, gas tungsten arc, core wire (flux-cored), and gas metal arc welding along with cutting and brazing, and students can earn several American Welding Society certifications through hands-on customer project work.

Processes taught SMAW, GTAW, FCAW (core wire), GMAW; arc welding, resistance welding, brazing/soldering, cutting, high-energy beam welding
Credential types AAS in Welding Technology; Level I Certificate A (1 yr); Level II Certificate B
Program length 10-month option available
Certifications prepped Several American Welding Society certifications
Facilities Workforce Training Center, 1520 Flynn Drive; hands-on customer project work

Source: https://www.labette.edu/, 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