Program entity

Cape Fear Community College

Wilmington, North Carolina · Public institution

Address 411 North Front Street, Wilmington, NC 28401-3910
Phone (910) 362-7000
Website www.cfcc.edu/
Tuition (in-state) $2,748
Tuition (out-of-state) $8,892
Welding (CIP 48.0508) completions 41 (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

Cape Fear Community College offers welding through a certificate, a CTE certificate pathway, a diploma, a GTAW/GMAW certificate, and a SMAW/GTAW certificate, covering consumable and non-consumable electrode welding and cutting processes plus MIG, TIG, and stick welding techniques in the apprenticeship track. Instruction includes welding inspection and destructive/non-destructive testing, with apprenticeship partnerships available through companies such as Cape Fear Iron Works and L.J. Metal Works.

Processes taught MIG, TIG, stick/SMAW, GMAW, GTAW
Credential types certificate, CTE certificate pathway, diploma, GTAW/GMAW certificate, SMAW/GTAW certificate
Financial aid BOOST program referenced for eligible students

Source: https://www.cfcc.edu/, retrieved 2026-08-05

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