Program entity
Northwest Louisiana Technical Community College
Minden, Louisiana · Public institution
- Address 9500 Industrial Drive, Minden, LA 71055-0000
- Phone (318) 371-3035
- Website www.nltcc.edu/
- Tuition (in-state) $4,109
- Tuition (out-of-state) $4,109
- Welding (CIP 48.0508) completions 142 (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
NLTCC's welding program, offered at the Minden, Shreveport, and Mansfield campuses, awards Welder Helper Level I and Level II Certificates of Technical Studies and a Welding Technology Technical Diploma. Coursework spans oxyfuel cutting, carbon arc cutting, SMAW, GTAW, FCAW, GMAW, and pipe welding, plus blueprint reading and weld symbols, with courses lasting at least eight-week terms. Students prepare for the Entry Level Welder test offered by the American Welding Society.
- Processes taught SMAW; GTAW; FCAW; GMAW; pipe welding
- Credential types Certificate of Technical Studies (Welder Helper Level I and II); Technical Diploma
- Program length courses last at least eight-week terms
- Certifications prepped AWS Entry Level Welder test
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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