Program entity · AWS ATF co-located

Baton Rouge Community College

Baton Rouge, Louisiana · Public institution

Address 201 Community College Drive, Baton Rouge, LA 70806
Phone (866) 217-9823
Website www.mybrcc.edu/
Tuition (in-state) $4,321
Tuition (out-of-state) $4,321
Welding (CIP 48.0508) completions 106 (latest reported year)
AWS ATF co-located Yes (Matched AWS ATF facility city+state (Baton Rouge, LA) against the AWS ATF Domestic Site Listing PDF (6.25.2025).)

Program details

What this program covers

BRCC's Welding technical diploma page describes a stacked-credential pathway: a Career and Technical Certificate in Welding Fundamentals (7 credit hours) in the first semester, a Certificate of Technical Studies as Structural Welder (24 credit hours) in the second, and a Technical Diploma after 45 total credit hours across three semesters; a Technical Studies AAS with a Welding concentration is also listed. Processes taught include SMAW, GTAW, FCAW, and GMAW across fillet, groove, and pipe welds, plus oxyfuel, carbon arc, and plasma arc cutting. Students prepare for the AWS Entry-Level Welder test.

Processes taught SMAW (fillet, V-groove, pipe 2G-6G), GTAW (pipe 2G-6G), FCAW (fillet & groove), GMAW (fillet & groove), oxyfuel cutting, carbon arc cutting, plasma arc cutting
Credential types Career and Technical Certificate (CTC) - Welding Fundamentals; Certificate of Technical Studies (CTS) - Structural Welder; Technical Diploma; Technical Studies AAS with concentration in Welding
Program length three semesters, 45 credit hours total (CTC: 7 credit hours 1st semester; CTS: 24 credit hours 2nd semester; 15/18/12 credits per semester)
Certifications prepped AWS Entry-Level Welder test

Source: https://mybrcc.edu/academics/technical-education/tdwelding.php, 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