Program entity
Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College
Asheville, North Carolina · Public institution
- Address 340 Victoria Rd, Asheville, NC 28801-4897
- Phone (828) 254-1921
- Website www.abtech.edu/
- Tuition (in-state) $2,882
- Tuition (out-of-state) $9,026
- Welding (CIP 48.0508) completions 52 (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
Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College's Welding Technology program offers an Associate of Applied Science degree (65 credit hours), a diploma (37 credit hours), a Basic Welding Certificate I (15 credit hours), and a Robotic Welding Certificate (16 credit hours). Curriculum covers math, blueprint reading, metallurgy, welding inspection, and destructive and non-destructive testing alongside hands-on practical application.
- Credential types AAS degree, diploma, Basic Welding Certificate I, Robotic Welding Certificate
- Program length AAS 65 credit hours; diploma 37 credit hours; Basic Welding Certificate I 15 credit hours; Robotic Welding Certificate 16 credit hours
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
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