Program entity

Central Carolina Community College

Sanford, North Carolina · Public institution

Address 1105 Kelly Dr, Sanford, NC 27330-9840
Phone (919) 775-5401
Website www.cccc.edu/
Tuition (in-state) $2,711
Tuition (out-of-state) $8,855
Welding (CIP 48.0508) completions 83 (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

Central Carolina Community College offers welding through an Associate Degree (69 credits, 5 semesters), a diploma (42 credits, 4 semesters), a certificate (18 credits, 2-3 semesters), and a Robotic Welding Certificate (13 credits, 2-3 semesters), taught exclusively at the Lee County campus. Curriculum covers blueprint reading, weld inspection and testing, welding fabrication, pipe welding applications, and robotic/automated welding and cutting; the college is a FANUC partner school. Day and evening formats are available, with evening certificate tracks taking one semester longer.

Processes taught pipe welding, robotic/automated welding
Credential types Associate Degree, diploma, certificate, Robotic Welding Certificate
Program length Associate Degree 69 credits/5 semesters; diploma 42 credits/4 semesters; certificate 18 credits/2-3 semesters; Robotic Welding Certificate 13 credits/2-3 semesters
Schedule day and evening
Facilities Lee County campus; FANUC partner school

Source: https://www.cccc.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