Program entity

Alpena Community College

Alpena, Michigan · Public institution

Address 665 Johnson St, Alpena, MI 49707
Phone (989) 356-9021
Website www.alpenacc.edu/
Tuition (in-state) $5,250
Tuition (out-of-state) $8,010
Welding (CIP 48.0508) completions 13 (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

Alpena Community College offers a welding certificate (30 credit hours) and an AAS degree. The program covers SMAW, GTAW, GMAW, and FCAW processes and includes a robotic welding cell and CNC plasma cutting equipment. Students can work toward AWS SENSE Level I and II certificates and the program positions graduates toward AWS Certified Welding Inspector credentials.

Processes taught SMAW, GTAW/TIG, GMAW/MIG, FCAW
Credential types Certificate, AAS degree
Program length Certificate: 30 credit hours
Certifications prepped AWS SENSE Level I & II; positions students toward AWS CWI
Facilities Welding lab with a 6-axis robotic production welding cell, CNC plasma cutting equipment, and an inspection lab with ultrasonic phased array and magnetic particle testing equipment

Source: https://discover.alpenacc.edu/welding.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