Program entity
Lake Area Technical College
Watertown, South Dakota · Public institution
- Address 1201 Arrow Avenue, Watertown, SD 57201-0730
- Phone (605) 882-5284
- Website www.lakeareatech.edu/
- Tuition (in-state) $6,718
- Tuition (out-of-state) $6,718
- Welding (CIP 48.0508) completions 52 (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
Lake Area Technical College's Welding Technology program offers a 9-month diploma or a 2-year Associate of Applied Science degree, covering GTAW (TIG), SMAW (stick), GMAW (MIG), and FCAW welding, plus pipe welding, oxy-acetylene welding, air carbon arc cutting, and automated/robotic welding equipment. Training occurs in a full-scale welding facility with individual training booths, professional-grade equipment, and metal fabrication tools including band saws, shears, and CNC plasma cutters, and prepares students for AWS certification tests.
- Processes taught GTAW/TIG, SMAW/stick, GMAW/MIG, FCAW, pipe welding, oxy-acetylene welding, robotic welding
- Credential types diploma (9 months), AAS degree (2 years)
- Program length 9-month diploma or 2-year AAS degree
- Certifications prepped AWS certification tests
- Facilities full-scale welding facility with individual training booths, band saws, shears, CNC plasma cutters
- Financial aid Federal Financial Aid, scholarships, Build Dakota Scholarship, grants, private education loans, work study
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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