Program entity
Blue Ridge Community College
Flat Rock, North Carolina · Public institution
- Address 180 West Campus Drive, Flat Rock, NC 28731-4728
- Phone (828) 694-1700
- Website www.blueridge.edu/
- Tuition (in-state) $2,660
- Tuition (out-of-state) $8,804
- Welding (CIP 48.0508) completions 48 (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
Blue Ridge Community College's Welding Technology curriculum is offered as an AAS degree, a diploma, and five certificates (Industrial Maintenance Welding, Industrial Pipe Welding, Industrial Plate Welding, Industrial Plate/Pipe Welding, Manufacturer Welding, and Welding Fabrication). It covers consumable and non-consumable electrode welding and cutting processes on carbon steel, stainless steel, and aluminum, plus print reading, metallurgy, welding inspection, and destructive and non-destructive testing.
- Credential types AAS degree, diploma, certificates (Industrial Maintenance Welding, Industrial Pipe Welding, Industrial Plate Welding, Industrial Plate/Pipe Welding, Manufacturer Welding, Welding Fabrication)
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