Program entity
Minneapolis Community and Technical College
Minneapolis, Minnesota · Public institution
- Address 1501 Hennepin Ave, Minneapolis, MN 55403-1779
- Phone (612) 659-6000
- Website www.minneapolis.edu/
- Tuition (in-state) $6,161
- Tuition (out-of-state) $6,161
- 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
Minneapolis Community and Technical College's Welding and Metal Fabrication program offers a 60-credit AAS, 45-credit diploma, and 27-credit certificate, covering SMAW, GMAW (short-circuit, spray-transfer, and pulse), FCAW (self-shielded and gas-shielded), and GTAW, plus brazing, oxy-fuel cutting, and plasma arc cutting. The certificate can be completed in one year through day or evening classes, and students can earn welder certifications to American Welding Society standards; AWS scholarships are available to students.
- Processes taught SMAW, GMAW-S, GMAW-Spray transfer, GMAW-P, FCAW-S, FCAW-G, GTAW; BW, OFC-A, PAC
- Credential types AAS (60 credits); Diploma (45 credits); Certificate (27 credits)
- Program length Certificate = 1 year (day or evening); diploma/degree length not stated
- Schedule Day or evening (certificate)
- Certifications prepped Welder certifications to American Welding Society standards in multiple processes
- Facilities Small class sizes; manual and automated fabrication equipment
- Financial aid American Welding Society scholarships
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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