Program entity
Rochester Community and Technical College
Rochester, Minnesota · Public institution
- Address 851 30th Ave SE, Rochester, MN 55904-4999
- Phone (507) 285-7245
- Website www.rctc.edu/
- Tuition (in-state) $6,389
- Tuition (out-of-state) $6,389
- Welding (CIP 48.0508) completions 25 (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
Rochester Community and Technical College's Welding Technology Certificate is a 16-credit program intended for completion in one semester, covering Shielded Metal Arc, Gas Metal Arc, Gas Tungsten Arc, and Oxy-fuel Gas welding in multiple positions, plus brazing, metal cutting, blueprint reading, and welding safety. The program includes an internship component and a 360-degree virtual tour of its welding lab.
- Processes taught SMAW, GMAW, GTAW, Oxy-fuel Gas welding (multiple positions); brazing and metal cutting
- Credential types Welding Technology Certificate (16 credits)
- Program length 16-credit certificate, one semester
- Facilities Welding lab (360-degree virtual tour available)
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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