Highlands College of Montana Tech
Butte, Montana · Public institution
- Address 25 Basin Creek Rd, Butte, MT 59701
- Phone (406) 496-3711
- Website https://www.mtech.edu/
- Tuition (in-state) $4,130
- Tuition (out-of-state) $10,950
- Welding (CIP 48.0508) completions 1 (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
Highlands College of Montana Tech offers an Associate of Applied Science in Welding Technology (a two-year, four-semester program) with an early-exit Certificate of Applied Science available after the first two semesters, plus a Bachelor's of Applied Science continuation option in Business or General Studies. Coursework covers welding fabrication, pipe and structural welding, and aluminum welding, along with blueprint reading and qualification test preparation. Students become eligible to test for AWS and API qualification and certification exams after completing the first and second years, training in what the site describes as skills-relevant facilities under faculty instruction; students must provide industry-standard tools at the start of the semester.
- Processes taught pipe welding, structural welding, aluminum welding
- Credential types AAS in Welding Technology; Certificate of Applied Science (early exit); Bachelor's of Applied Science continuation option
- Program length Four semesters (two years) for AAS; certificate available after two semesters
- Certifications prepped Eligible to test for AWS and API qualification/certification exams
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