Program entity

Southwest Mississippi Community College

Summit, Mississippi · Public institution

Address 1156 College Dr, Summit, MS 39666-0000
Phone (601) 276-2000
Website https://www.smcc.edu/
Tuition (in-state) $4,080
Tuition (out-of-state) $6,780
Welding (CIP 48.0508) completions 15 (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

Southwest Mississippi Community College's Welding & Cutting Technology program offers a four-semester, 61-credit-hour Associate of Applied Science degree and a two-semester, 31-credit-hour Certificate of Completion. Curriculum covers SMAW, GMAW, FCAW, pipe welding, plasma arc cutting, air carbon arc cutting, GMAW aluminum welding, and GTAW, plus blueprint reading, metallurgy, and welding symbols. Students can earn state and national certifications, including AWS SENSE, during enrollment. The page lists a $100/semester vocational lab fee, a $649.49 tool kit cost, and certification fees of $56-$114.

Processes taught SMAW/stick; GMAW/MIG; FCAW/flux-core; pipe welding; GTAW/TIG
Credential types Associate of Applied Science Degree (61 credit hours); Certificate of Completion (31 credit hours)
Program length AAS: 2 years/4 semesters; Certificate: 1 year/2 semesters
Certifications prepped AWS SENSE certification; state and national certifications (unspecified)

Source: https://www.smcc.edu/program/welding-cutting-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