Program entity

Coastal Bend College

Beeville, Texas · Public institution

Address 3800 Charco Rd, Beeville, TX 78102
Phone (361) 354-2200
Website www.coastalbend.edu/
Tuition (in-state) $2,916
Tuition (out-of-state) $5,226
Welding (CIP 48.0508) completions 45 (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

Coastal Bend College's Welding Technology program offers a Fundamentals of Welding GMAW Level I Certificate, a Welding Level II Certificate, a Flux Core Metal Arc Welding Occupational Skills Award, and an AAS degree. Processes taught include shielded metal arc, oxy-acetylene, gas metal arc, and gas tungsten arc welding, alongside shop math, welding theory, drafting/layout, and plate and pipe fabrication. Students must complete required coursework and pass a capstone project to earn a credential. The program is also offered as an articulated high school credit program.

Processes taught SMAW, OAW (oxy-acetylene), GMAW, GTAW
Credential types Fundamentals of Welding GMAW Level I Certificate; Welding Level II Certificate; Flux Core Metal Arc Welding Occupational Skills Award; Associate in Applied Science (AAS)
Financial aid Financial aid mentioned as available (no specific program named)

Source: https://www.coastalbend.edu/instruction/career_technical_education/industrial_technology/welding.html, 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