Program entity

Texas State Technical College

Waco, Texas · Public institution

Address 3801 Campus Drive, Waco, TX 76705
Phone (800) 792-8784
Website www.tstc.edu/
Tuition (in-state) $7,212
Tuition (out-of-state) $11,812
Welding (CIP 48.0508) completions 431 (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

Texas State Technical College offers welding credentials at both certificate and Associate Degree level under four degree plans: Welding Technology, Structural Welding, Welding Advanced Pipe Specialization, and Welding Advanced Processes, offered at multiple TSTC locations including Waco. Classes are available in-person or hybrid, with day and night options. The program page cites a money-back tuition guarantee if graduates do not receive a job offer within six months, and lists median salaries for welders ($48,500) and welding machine operators ($49,800); it does not name specific welding processes taught or facility details.

Credential types Associate Degree; Certificate
Schedule In-person and hybrid formats; day and night classes

Source: https://www.tstc.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