Program entity

Pearl River Community College

Poplarville, Mississippi · Public institution

Address 101 Hwy 11 N, Poplarville, MS 39470
Phone (601) 403-1000
Website www.prcc.edu/
Tuition (in-state) $3,700
Tuition (out-of-state) $6,100
Welding (CIP 48.0508) completions 26 (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

Pearl River Community College's Welding and Cutting Technology program is offered under a Career Certificate, Technical Certificate, and Associate in Applied Science pathway, with fall and spring start terms, at Poplarville, Hancock County, and Forrest County campuses. Instruction includes SMAW (vertical/overhead 3G and 4G qualification tests), GMAW and FCAW fillet and open-root V-groove welds on carbon steel, and GTAW including a 6G guided-bend pipe test. The page does not state program length in credit hours or name specific third-party certifications.

Processes taught SMAW/stick; GMAW/MIG; FCAW/flux-core; GTAW/TIG
Credential types Career Certificate; Technical Certificate; Associate in Applied Science
Schedule Fall and Spring start terms

Source: https://prcc.edu/academics/career-technical-education/indman/welding-technology/, 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