Program entity

McDowell Technical Community College

Marion, North Carolina · Public institution

Address 54 College Drive, Marion, NC 28752-8728
Phone (828) 652-6021
Website https://www.mcdowelltech.edu/
Tuition (in-state) $2,032
Tuition (out-of-state) $6,640
Welding (CIP 48.0508) completions 27 (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

McDowell Technical Community College's Welding Technology program offers an Associate Degree (A50420), a Diploma (D50420), and two certificates (Level I C50420A and Level II C50420B), covering consumable and non-consumable electrode welding and cutting processes plus blueprint reading, metallurgy, welding inspection, and destructive/non-destructive testing. The program is located at 54 College Drive, Marion, NC.

Credential types Associate Degree, Diploma, Certificate Level I, Certificate Level II
Facilities 54 College Drive, Marion, NC 28752

Source: https://www.mcdowelltech.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