Program entity

Gogebic Community College

Ironwood, Michigan · Public institution

Address E4946 Jackson Rd, Ironwood, MI 49938
Phone (906) 932-4231
Website gogebic.edu/
Tuition (in-state) $4,800
Tuition (out-of-state) $7,530
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

Gogebic Community College's Welding certificate program is a 1-year, 32-credit program at the Ironwood main campus. It covers shielded metal arc welding, gas metal/flux cored arc welding, and gas tungsten arc welding, plus thermal cutting and pipe/plate qualification, in a training facility with robotic welders and CNC equipment. Students earn pipe and plate welding certifications and the program is described as stackable.

Processes taught SMAW, GMAW, FCAW, GTAW/TIG, pipe/plate welding
Credential types Certificate
Program length 1 year, 32 credits
Certifications prepped Pipe and plate welding certifications
Facilities Training facility with robotic welders and CNC equipment

Source: https://gogebic.edu/programs/welding.html, 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