Ranken Technical College
Saint Louis, Missouri · Private nonprofit institution
- Address 4431 Finney Ave, Saint Louis, MO 63113-2811
- Phone (314) 371-0236
- Website www.ranken.edu/
- Tuition (in-state) $18,008
- Tuition (out-of-state) $18,008
- Welding (CIP 48.0508) completions 44 (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.)
What this program covers
Ranken Technical College's Fabrication and Welding program is offered as a day Certificate of Technology or an evening Certificate in Fabrication Welding Technology (9 months, two nights weekly), covering GMAW/MIG, GTAW/TIG, SMAW/Stick, and FCAW plate and pipe welding on low carbon steel, stainless steel, and aluminum, plus structural fabrication. The day program alternates 8 weeks of instruction with 8 weeks of paid internship per semester. Certification tests are offered in SMAW, GMAW, and GTAW, and instructors hold AWS and NCCER certifications. The St. Louis location's Mary Ann Lee Technology Center houses a 7,500 square foot facility with 38 welding booths, a plasma cutting table, a magnetic drill press, two cranes, a shear, and a band saw.
- Processes taught MIG/GMAW, TIG/GTAW, stick/SMAW, flux-core/FCAW, pipe welding, structural welding
- Credential types Certificate of Technology (day); Certificate in Fabrication Welding Technology (evening)
- Program length two semesters (day); 9 months (evening)
- Schedule day program; evening program (two nights weekly)
- Certifications prepped AWS, NCCER
- Facilities 7,500 sq ft facility with 38 welding booths, plasma cutting table, magnetic drill press, two cranes, a shear, and a band saw
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