Program entity
Laurel Technical Institute
Hermitage, Pennsylvania · Private for-profit institution
- Address 2370 Broadway Avenue, Hermitage, PA 16148
- Phone (724) 983-0700
- Website www.laurel.edu/
- Tuition (in-state) $13,431
- Tuition (out-of-state) $13,431
- Welding (CIP 48.0508) completions 7 (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
Laurel Technical Institute (Hermitage campus) offers a Welding & Fabrication with Pipeline Technology program, a 12-month diploma also available at the Uniontown (Laurel Business Institute) campus, with flexible scheduling. Instruction covers oxyacetylene welding/brazing/cutting, SMAW, GMAW, FCAW, GTAW, and pipe welding, including 300 hours in a skills lab plus a 500-hour internship. The program prepares students for OSHA 10-hour certification and AWS industry-standard certification; financial aid is referenced but not detailed on this page.
- Processes taught SMAW, GMAW, FCAW, GTAW, pipe welding, oxyacetylene
- Credential types Diploma
- Program length 12 months
- Schedule Flexible scheduling
- Certifications prepped OSHA 10-hour; AWS industry-standard certification
- Facilities 300 hours skills lab plus 500-hour internship; professionally equipped lab spaces
- Financial aid Financial aid referenced (link only, no specifics stated)
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
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