Program entity

Spartanburg Community College

Spartanburg, South Carolina · Public institution

Address 107 Community College Drive, Spartanburg, SC 29303
Phone (864) 592-4500
Website https://www.sccsc.edu/
Tuition (in-state) $5,071
Tuition (out-of-state) $10,135
Welding (CIP 48.0508) completions 102 (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

Spartanburg Community College offers welding training through a Welding Certificate Program, an Advanced Welding Certificate Program, a Welding-General Technology AAS Degree, and a non-credit short-term welding option. Processes taught include Shielded Metal Arc Welding (SMAW), Gas Tungsten Arc Welding (GTAW), Gas Metal Arc Welding (GMAW), and Oxy-Fuel Cutting, applied to plate, mild steel pipe, and stainless-steel pipe; the degree program adds blueprint reading. The page references noncredit welding certifications through the American Welding Society without naming specific credential codes.

Processes taught SMAW, GTAW, GMAW, Oxy-Fuel Cutting; cutting and welding plate, mild steel pipe, and stainless-steel pipe
Credential types Certificate (Welding Certificate Program); Advanced Welding Certificate Program; Associate Degree (Welding-General Technology AAS); non-credit Short Term Welding option

Source: https://www.sccsc.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