Program entity

Western Piedmont Community College

Morganton, North Carolina · Public institution

Address 1001 Burkemont Ave, Morganton, NC 28655-4511
Phone (828) 448-3500
Website https://www.wpcc.edu/
Tuition (in-state) $2,650
Tuition (out-of-state) $8,794
Welding (CIP 48.0508) completions 10 (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

Western Piedmont Community College offers welding through an Associate in Applied Science degree (65 credit hours), a Welding Diploma (42 credit hours), an Introduction to Welding Certificate (13 credit hours), a Welding Certificate Level 1 (18 credit hours), and a Welding Certificate Level 2 (16 credit hours). The program is housed in Breeden Hall, Room 30.

Credential types AAS degree, diploma, Introduction to Welding Certificate, Welding Certificate Level 1, Welding Certificate Level 2
Program length 13 to 65 credit hours depending on credential
Facilities Breeden Hall, Room 30

Source: https://www.wpcc.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