Program entity

Austin Community College District

Austin, Texas · Public institution

Address 6101 Highland Campus Drive, Austin, TX 78752-7000
Phone (512) 223-7000
Website www.austincc.edu/
Tuition (in-state) $2,550
Tuition (out-of-state) $10,590
Welding (CIP 48.0508) completions 163 (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

Austin Community College's Welding Technology program offers stackable certificates and an associate degree, with certificate credits counting toward the degree. Processes taught include shielded metal arc, gas tungsten arc, gas metal arc, and flux-cored arc welding, alongside blueprint interpreting, fabrication, ultrasonic testing, and welding inspection. The page shows hands-on lab training with TIG welders. Graduates are described as prepared for careers in construction, engineering, oil and gas, manufacturing, and industrial inspection.

Processes taught SMAW, GTAW, GMAW, FCAW
Credential types Certificates and stackable associate degree (certificate credits count toward the associate degree)
Facilities Hands-on lab training with TIG welders

Source: https://programs.austincc.edu/degree/welding-technology/, 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