Program entity
Central New Mexico Community College
Albuquerque, New Mexico · Public institution
- Address 525 Buena Vista Dr SE, Albuquerque, NM 87106
- Phone (505) 224-3000
- Website https://www.cnm.edu/
- Tuition (in-state) $2,060
- Tuition (out-of-state) $8,684
- Welding (CIP 48.0508) completions 94 (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
CNM's welding program page describes an Associate of Applied Science in Welding Technology and a Welding Certificate of Completion. The page states students work in classroom and lab settings with instructors, covering blueprint reading, mathematics, and metallurgy, though it does not name specific welding processes taught. It cites labor-statistics career figures (median annual wage $48,940, 2% projected growth) and notes general financial aid, scholarships, and payment plans are available.
- Credential types Associate of Applied Science (AAS) in Welding Technology; Certificate of Completion
- Financial aid Financial aid, scholarships, and flexible payment plans available (general institutional, not welding-specific)
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