Southern Careers Institute-Corpus Christi
Corpus Christi, Texas · Private for-profit institution
- Address 2422 Airline Road, Corpus Christi, TX 78414
- Phone (512) 437-7500
- Website www.scitexas.edu/
- Tuition (in-state) Not available
- Tuition (out-of-state) Not available
- Program total cost $18,450
- Welding (CIP 48.0508) completions 40 (latest reported year)
- AWS ATF co-located Yes (Matched AWS ATF facility city+state (Corpus Christi, TX) against the AWS ATF Domestic Site Listing PDF (6.25.2025).)
What this program covers
Southern Careers Institute's welding program is a certificate/diploma program (not a degree) built from multiple courses naming shielded metal arc welding (SMAW/stick), gas metal and flux core arc welding (GMAW/MIG and FCAW) on plate, gas tungsten arc welding (GTAW/TIG), plate and pipe instruction, and oxy-fuel and plasma arc cutting. The page states 540 hours of hands-on lab training within roughly 980 combined theory-and-lab hours, and lists preparation for NCCER Core, Level 1, and Level 2, OSHA-10, 14 career skill badges, and 4 career certifications. Financial aid options named include grants, scholarships, loans, work-study, and military/veteran education benefits. The page does not distinguish content by campus among the institution's eight Texas locations.
- Processes taught SMAW (stick), GMAW (MIG), FCAW (flux-core), GTAW (TIG), plate, pipe, oxy-fuel cutting, plasma arc cutting
- Credential types Certificate/diploma (not a degree)
- Program length 540 hours hands-on lab; approximately 980 hours combined theory and lab
- Certifications prepped NCCER Core, Level 1, Level 2; OSHA-10; 14 Career Skill Badges; 4 Career Certifications
- Financial aid Grants, scholarships, loans, work-study, military and veteran education benefits
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