Program entity

Alexandria Technical & Community College

Alexandria, Minnesota · Public institution

Address 1601 Jefferson Streeet, Alexandria, MN 56308
Phone (320) 762-0221
Website www.alextech.edu/
Tuition (in-state) $6,236
Tuition (out-of-state) $6,236
Welding (CIP 48.0508) completions 34 (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

Alexandria Technical & Community College's ten-month Welding Technology program is a certification-testing program taught by Certified Welding Inspectors, covering SMAW, GTAW, and GMAW as primary processes plus flux-cored arc, pulse arc, plasma cutting, and manual fuel gas cutting. Instructors qualify students for the AWS Structural Code under AWS QC-3 standards, with additional coursework in blueprint reading, metallurgy, and geometric tolerancing.

Processes taught SMAW (stick), GTAW (tig), GMAW (wire-feed); flux cored arc, pulse arc welding, plasma cutting, manual fuel gas cutting
Program length Ten months
Certifications prepped AWS Structural Code (AWS QC-3 standards)

Source: https://www.alextech.edu/, 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