Program entity

Carteret Community College

Morehead City, North Carolina · Public institution

Address 3505 Arendell St, Morehead City, NC 28557
Phone (252) 222-6000
Website www.carteret.edu/
Tuition (in-state) $2,310
Tuition (out-of-state) $8,222
Welding (CIP 48.0508) completions 29 (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

Carteret Community College's welding program offers an AAS degree (64 credits), a diploma (38 credits), a Basic Welding certificate (13 credits), an Intermediate Welding certificate (12 credits), and a high-school dual enrollment certificate (13 credits). Training covers SMAW (stick), GMAW (MIG), FCAW, and GTAW (TIG) welding on plate and pipe, plus sanitary welding, cutting, and fabrication techniques, with coursework in welding inspection and destructive/non-destructive testing.

Processes taught SMAW/stick, GMAW/MIG, FCAW, GTAW/TIG, pipe welding, sanitary welding
Credential types AAS degree, diploma, Basic Welding certificate, Intermediate Welding certificate, HS dual enrollment certificate
Program length certificates from 1 semester (13 credits) up to AAS at 64 credits (two years)

Source: https://www.carteret.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