Program entity

Copiah-Lincoln Community College

Wesson, Mississippi · Public institution

Address 1001 Co-Lin Lane, Wesson, MS 39191
Phone (601) 643-5101
Website www.colin.edu/
Tuition (in-state) $4,000
Tuition (out-of-state) $5,000
Welding (CIP 48.0508) completions 36 (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

Co-Lin's welding program, offered at the Wesson Campus, Natchez Campus, and Simpson County Center, awards a Certificate Level I (first-semester courses) and a Certificate Level II (first and second semester courses). Instruction covers Shielded Metal Arc welding, Gas Metal Arc welding, oxyacetylene welding, Gas Tungsten Arc welding, Flux Core Arc welding, pipe welding, and Plasma Arc Cutting, spanning construction-type, shipbuilding x-ray, maintenance, and custom shop welding.

Processes taught SMAW; GMAW; oxyacetylene welding; GTAW; FCAW; pipe welding; plasma arc cutting
Credential types Certificate Level I; Certificate Level II
Program length two semesters for Level I; four semesters for Level II (implied by course structure)

Source: https://www.colin.edu/program/career-technical/engineering-construction-manufacturing/, 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