Program entity

Vance-Granville Community College

Henderson, North Carolina · Public institution

Address 200 Community College Road, Henderson, NC 27537
Phone (252) 492-2061
Website www.vgcc.edu/
Tuition (in-state) $1,944
Tuition (out-of-state) $6,552
Welding (CIP 48.0508) completions 15 (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

Vance-Granville Community College's Welding Technology program offers an A.A.S. degree (67-69 credit hours), a diploma (38 credit hours), a Certification Practices certificate (18 credit hours), and a Basic Welding certificate (14 credit hours), covering consumable and non-consumable electrode welding and cutting processes plus math, print reading, metallurgy, welding inspection, and destructive/non-destructive testing. The program is based at the Main Campus in Henderson, with labs also at the Franklin Campus; students must supply their own welding helmet, gloves, and safety glasses.

Credential types AAS degree, diploma, Certification Practices certificate, Basic Welding certificate
Program length AAS 67-69 credit hours; diploma 38 credit hours; Certification Practices certificate 18 credit hours; Basic Welding certificate 14 credit hours
Facilities Main Campus (Henderson); labs at Franklin Campus

Source: https://www.vgcc.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