Program entity
Northland Community and Technical College
Thief River Falls, Minnesota · Public institution
- Address 1101 Hwy One East, Thief River Falls, MN 56701
- Phone (218) 793-2800
- Website www.northlandcollege.edu/
- Tuition (in-state) $6,289
- Tuition (out-of-state) $6,289
- Welding (CIP 48.0508) completions 16 (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
Northland Community and Technical College's Welding Technology Diploma is a one-year, 32-credit, face-to-face program at the East Grand Forks campus, teaching arc and gas welding methods across a range of processes along with metal properties, fabrication techniques, and safety standards through lab-based instruction. Certified Welding Inspector is cited as a possible career path for graduates rather than a stated program outcome.
- Processes taught Arc and gas welding methods (specific process names not individually listed)
- Credential types Diploma (32 credits)
- Program length 1 year
- Schedule Face-to-face, East Grand Forks campus
- Facilities Immersive lab-based instruction; industry-relevant equipment
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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