Program entity

Southwestern Community College

Sylva, North Carolina · Public institution

Address 447 College Drive, Sylva, NC 28779
Phone (828) 339-4000
Website https://www.southwesterncc.edu/
Tuition (in-state) $4,112
Tuition (out-of-state) $13,184
Welding (CIP 48.0508) completions 34 (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

Southwestern Community College's Welding Technology program offers an AAS (4 semesters, 57 credit hours), a Diploma (2.5 semesters, 38 credit hours), and a Certificate plus Career & College Promise option (2 semesters, 18 credit hours). Training covers GMAW (MIG) and FCAW on plate, SMAW (stick) on plate and pipe, and GTAW (TIG) on plate and pipe, plus cutting and fabrication techniques, including a Certification Processes course (WLD 261).

Processes taught GMAW/MIG, FCAW, SMAW/stick, GTAW/TIG, pipe welding
Credential types AAS, diploma, certificate, Career & College Promise (CCP)
Program length AAS 4 semesters/57 credit hours; diploma 2.5 semesters/38 credit hours; certificate 2 semesters/18 credit hours
Schedule fall, spring, summer

Source: https://www.southwesterncc.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