Program entity

South Piedmont Community College

Polkton, North Carolina · Public institution

Address 680 Highway 74 West, Polkton, NC 28135
Phone (704) 272-5300
Website https://www.spcc.edu/
Tuition (in-state) $2,022
Tuition (out-of-state) $6,630
Welding (CIP 48.0508) completions 8 (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

South Piedmont Community College offers welding through a diploma (1.5 years, 43 credit hours) and certificates in Basic Welding, GMAW Plate/Pipe, GTAW Plate/Pipe, and SMAW Plate/Pipe, teaching five welding processes plus oxy-acetylene and plasma cutting. Training occurs across 43 welding bays at two campuses (Tyson Family Center for Technology in Monroe and the L.L. Polk Campus in Polkton), which the college states is one of only six American Welding Society-certified facilities in North Carolina.

Processes taught SMAW, GMAW, GTAW, FCAW, laser welding, oxy-acetylene cutting, plasma cutting
Credential types diploma, certificates (Basic Welding, GMAW Plate/Pipe, GTAW Plate/Pipe, SMAW Plate/Pipe)
Program length diploma 1.5 years (43 credit hours); certificates about 1 year
Schedule online and in-person formats offered
Facilities 43 welding bays across two campuses; AWS-certified facility

Source: https://www.spcc.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