Program entity

Laredo College

Laredo, Texas · Public institution

Address West End Washington St, Laredo, TX 78040-4395
Phone (956) 721-5140
Website www.laredo.edu/
Tuition (in-state) $3,300
Tuition (out-of-state) $5,748
Welding (CIP 48.0508) completions 62 (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

Laredo College's catalog lists three welding credentials: a Certificate II in Combination Pipe Welding, a Certificate II in Combination Structural Welding, and a Certificate I as Welding Assistant. The catalog describes the program as hands-on with extensive lab work but does not state program length, schedule, certifications, or facility details.

Processes taught pipe welding, structural welding
Credential types Welding Technology, Concentration in Combination Pipe Welding, Certificate II; Welding Technology, Concentration in Combination Structural Welding, Certificate II; Welding Assistant, Certificate I

Source: https://www.laredo.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