Program entity

Delaware County Community College

Media, Pennsylvania · Public institution

Address 901 S Media Line Rd, Media, PA 19063-1094
Phone (610) 359-5000
Website www.dccc.edu/
Tuition (in-state) $6,930
Tuition (out-of-state) $15,540
Welding (CIP 48.0508) completions 9 (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

Delaware County Community College offers a Welding Technology Certificate of Competency (Workforce and Economic Development division, effective Spring 2016). The program covers Shielded Metal Arc Welding, Gas Tungsten Arc Welding, Gas Metal Arc Welding, Flux Cored Arc Welding, Oxy-fuel Welding and Cutting, Plasma Cutting, and Welding Inspection. Students train in the college's Advanced Technology Center, described on the page as 32,000 square feet of classroom and laboratory space. The page does not state program length, schedule, or specific certifications prepared for.

Processes taught Shielded Metal Arc Welding (SMAW), Gas Tungsten Arc Welding (GTAW), Gas Metal Arc Welding (GMAW), Flux Cored Arc Welding (FCAW), Oxy-fuel Welding and Cutting, Plasma Cutting, Welding Inspection
Credential types Certificate of Competency
Facilities Advanced Technology Center: 32,000 square feet of classroom and laboratory space (per program page)

Source: https://www.dccc.edu/program/welding-technology-certificate-competency-wld/, 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