Program entity

St Charles Community College

Cottleville, Missouri · Public institution

Address 4601 Mid Rivers Mall Dr, Cottleville, MO 63376-0975
Phone (636) 922-8000
Website www.stchas.edu/
Tuition (in-state) $3,048
Tuition (out-of-state) $6,096
Welding (CIP 48.0508) completions 9 (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

St. Charles Community College's welding program, located at the Technical Center Wentzville (TCW), offers an Associate Degree in Welding plus Certificates of Specialization and Achievement. Curriculum covers SMAW, GMAW, FCAW, and GTAW along with thermal cutting, fabrication, equipment maintenance, and weld inspection, following American Welding Society SENSE guidelines. The program prepares students for AWS Entry-Level and Advanced-Level Welder certification, and prospective students can tour the welding lab and meet instructors.

Processes taught SMAW, GMAW, FCAW, GTAW
Credential types Associate Degree in Welding; Certificates of Specialization; Certificates of Achievement
Certifications prepped AWS Entry-Level Welder; AWS Advanced-Level Welder
Facilities Technical Center Wentzville (TCW), Wentzville, MO; welding lab (tours available)

Source: https://www.stchas.edu/, 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