Program entity
Southwest University at El Paso
El Paso, Texas · Private for-profit institution
- Address 1414 Geronimo, El Paso, TX 79925
- Phone (915) 778-4001
- Website southwestuniversity.edu/
- Tuition (in-state) $16,000
- Tuition (out-of-state) $16,000
- Welding (CIP 48.0508) completions 24 (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
Southwest University at El Paso offers a Certificate in Welding through its College of Trade Technology, running 14 months (60 weeks). The curriculum covers welding fundamentals, fabrication, blueprint reading, metallurgy, structural welding, and pipe welding. The school became an American Welding Society Accredited Testing Facility (ATF) in early 2023. The page does not state a class schedule or program-specific financial aid details.
- Processes taught structural welding, pipe welding (page does not name MIG/TIG/stick specifically)
- Credential types Certificate
- Program length 14 months (60 weeks)
- Certifications prepped American Welding Society (AWS) Accredited Testing Facility (ATF), since early 2023
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
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