Program entity
Elizabethtown Community and Technical College
Elizabethtown, Kentucky · Public institution
- Address 600 College Street Rd, Elizabethtown, KY 42701-3081
- Phone (270) 769-2371
- Website https://elizabethtown.kctcs.edu/
- Tuition (in-state) $4,728
- Tuition (out-of-state) $6,432
- Welding (CIP 48.0508) completions 213 (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
Elizabethtown Community and Technical College offers an AAS in Welding Technology, a Combination Welder diploma, and 16 certificates covering processes such as Gas Metal Arc, Gas Tungsten Arc, Shielded Metal Arc, and pipeline/tack welding. The AAS can be completed in two years full-time. Welder certification is not required to complete the program but is encouraged; the page notes the college has the lowest tuition in Kentucky and references the Work Ready KY Scholarship.
- Processes taught GMAW, GTAW, SMAW, pipe welding (via certificate offerings)
- Credential types AAS degree, diploma, certificate (16 certificate options)
- Program length AAS: two years full-time
- Certifications prepped Numerous welder certification tests available (not required to complete program)
- Financial aid Lowest tuition in Kentucky; Work Ready KY Scholarship; general financial aid
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
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