Program entity
Luna Community College
Las Vegas, New Mexico · Public institution
- Address 336 Luna Drive, Las Vegas, NM 87701
- Phone (505) 454-2500
- Website www.luna.edu/
- Tuition (in-state) $1,474
- Tuition (out-of-state) $3,418
- Welding (CIP 48.0508) completions 2 (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
Luna Community College offers a Welding Technology Certificate that can apply toward an Associate of Applied Science in Vocational/Technical Studies, requiring a minimum of 31 credit hours. The program teaches SMAW, GMAW, GTAW, and FCAW processes, welding on various joint types in all positions (1F-6G), plus oxy-fuel cutting and plasma arc cutting. The page references micro-credentialing through American Welding Society certifications and notes required safety equipment/PPE.
- Processes taught SMAW, GMAW, GTAW, FCAW, oxy-fuel cutting, plasma arc cutting
- Credential types Certificate (applicable toward AAS in Vocational/Technical Studies)
- Program length Minimum 31 credit hours
- Certifications prepped AWS micro-credentialing
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