Program entity

Durham Technical Community College

Durham, North Carolina · Public institution

Address 1637 Lawson Street, Durham, NC 27703-5023
Phone (919) 536-7200
Website www.durhamtech.edu/
Tuition (in-state) $1,986
Tuition (out-of-state) $6,594
Welding (CIP 48.0508) completions 12 (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

Durham Technical Community College offers welding only as a non-credit continuing education program (no degree/diploma welding page was found), covering MIG, TIG, stick/SMAW, and oxy-acetylene welding plus product fabrication and sculptural metalwork. Courses run 24-567 contact hours depending on selection, held as evening classes (6-9 PM) in the Bacon Building (Building 20, Room 130) on the Main Campus, using horizontal band saws, grinders, and electric arc plasma cutters.

Processes taught MIG, TIG, SMAW/stick, oxy-acetylene welding
Credential types non-credit continuing education course (no degree/diploma/certificate)
Program length 24-567 contact hours depending on course
Schedule evening (6:00-9:00 PM weekdays)
Facilities Bacon Building (Building 20), Room 130, Main Campus; horizontal band saws, grinders, angle grinders, electric arc plasma cutters

Source: https://www.durhamtech.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