Program entity
Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Athens
Athens, Tennessee · Public institution
- Address 1635 Technology Way, Athens, TN 37371-0848
- Phone (423) 744-2814
- Website www.tcatathens.edu/
- Tuition (in-state) Not available
- Tuition (out-of-state) Not available
- Program total cost $4,620
- Welding (CIP 48.0508) completions 16 (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
TCAT Athens' Welding Technology program offers Shielded Metal Arc Welder (432-hour), Gas Metal Arc Welder (864-hour), and Gas Tungsten Arc Welder (1296-hour) certificates, and a Combination Welder diploma (1296 hours). Instruction covers MIG, TIG, and stick welding plus oxy-fuel and other cutting processes, blueprint reading, and welding symbols on mild carbon steel, stainless steel, and aluminum. Full-time day and part-time night classes are offered at the Main Campus, McMinn Higher Education Center, PIE Center, and Polk County Campus; specific program length in months and financial aid details are not stated.
- Processes taught MIG, TIG, stick, oxy-fuel cutting
- Credential types Shielded Metal Arc Welder Certificate (432 hr), Gas Metal Arc Welder Certificate (864 hr), Gas Tungsten Arc Welder Certificate (1296 hr), Combination Welder Diploma (1296 hr)
- Schedule Full-time day, part-time night
- Facilities Main Campus, McMinn Higher Education Center, PIE Center, Polk County Campus
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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