Program entity

United Tribes Technical College

Bismarck, North Dakota · Private nonprofit institution

Address 3315 University Drive, Bismarck, ND 58504
Phone (701) 255-3285
Website https://uttc.edu/
Tuition (in-state) $4,632
Tuition (out-of-state) $4,632
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

United Tribes Technical College's Welding Technology certificate program covers gas metal arc (short circuit and spray transfer), metalcore arc welding, oxy-acetylene, braze welding, gas tungsten arc welding, flux core arc welding, oxyacetylene cutting, plasma arc cutting, and shielded metal arc welding. Students may become AWS Certified upon successful completion. Training takes place in a welding shop equipped with Virtual Reality VRTEX 360 simulators before students advance to live welding.

Processes taught GMAW (short circuit, spray transfer), metalcore arc welding, oxy-acetylene, braze welding, GTAW, FCAW, oxyacetylene cutting, plasma arc cutting, SMAW
Credential types certificate
Certifications prepped AWS Certified (upon successful completion)
Facilities welding shop equipped with Virtual Reality VRTEX 360 simulators

Source: https://uttc.edu/academics/programs/welding/, 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