Program entity

South Texas Vocational Technical Institute-Weslaco

Weslaco, Texas · Private for-profit institution

Address 1600 North Westgate Drive, Suite 400, Weslaco, TX 78599
Phone (956) 969-1564
Website https://www.stvt.edu/
Tuition (in-state) Not available
Tuition (out-of-state) Not available
Program total cost $21,510
Welding (CIP 48.0508) completions 119 (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

STVT's Combination Welding program is a 56.5 credit-hour diploma completed in 10 months, offered with day, evening, and weekend class options. Instruction covers SMAW (stick), GMAW (MIG), FCAW, and GTAW (TIG), plus plate, pipe, and V-groove welding, taught to American Welding Society standards. The page states the school does not guarantee third-party certification, and it references simulation labs and hands-on training without giving equipment counts. The program is listed as available at the Corpus Christi, Weslaco, and San Antonio campuses.

Processes taught SMAW (stick), GMAW (MIG), FCAW (flux-core), GTAW (TIG), pipe, plate
Credential types Diploma (56.5 credit hours)
Program length 10 months
Schedule Day, evening, and weekend classes
Certifications prepped AWS standards referenced; page states certification is not guaranteed
Facilities Simulation labs referenced; no booth counts or equipment specifics given

Source: https://www.stvt.edu/programs/combination-welding/, 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