Program entity

Three Rivers College

Poplar Bluff, Missouri · Public institution

Address 2080 Three Rivers Blvd, Poplar Bluff, MO 63901
Phone (573) 840-9600
Website https://trcc.edu/
Tuition (in-state) $4,950
Tuition (out-of-state) $6,180
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

Three Rivers College offers an Associate of Applied Science in Welding Technology at its Dexter location, along with separate Welding Fabrication Specialist and Maintenance Welding certificates. The program teaches SMAW, GMAW, GTAW, FCAW, thermal cutting, and structural and pipe welding, with hands-on training described as taking place in multiple welding labs using modern equipment and simulators.

Processes taught stick/SMAW, MIG/GMAW, TIG/GTAW, flux-core/FCAW, pipe welding, structural welding
Credential types AAS degree; certificates (Welding Fabrication Specialist, Maintenance Welding)
Facilities multiple welding labs with modern equipment and simulators

Source: https://trcc.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