Program entity
Dawson Community College
Glendive, Montana · Public institution
- Address 300 College Dr, Glendive, MT 59330
- Phone (406) 377-3396
- Website www.dawson.edu/
- Tuition (in-state) $5,010
- Tuition (out-of-state) $9,810
- 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
Dawson Community College offers Welding Technology as an Associate of Applied Science (2-year degree), Certificate of Applied Science (1-year), and Certificate of Technical Studies (available after each semester). Instruction covers Flux Core Arc Welding, Gas Metal Arc Welding, Gas Tungsten Arc Welding, and Shielded Metal Arc Welding, plus an aluminum-only class and pipe welding training, with more than 2,000 hours of hands-on shop training. Graduates attain AS Level I Welding Certification through welding qualification testing courses; the college references the current catalog for detailed financial aid information.
- Processes taught FCAW, GMAW, GTAW, SMAW, pipe welding
- Credential types AAS (2-year); Certificate of Applied Science (1-year); Certificate of Technical Studies (per semester)
- Program length AAS: 2 years; Certificate of Applied Science: 1 year
- Schedule Semester-based certificates available
- Certifications prepped AS Level I Welding Certification
- Facilities More than 2,000 hours of hands-on shop training; latest welding equipment cited
- Financial aid General financial aid referenced; see current catalog
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