Southwest Technical College
Cedar City, Utah · Public institution
- Address 757 West 800 South, Cedar City, UT 84720
- Phone (435) 586-2899
- Website https://stech.edu/
- Tuition (in-state) Not available
- Tuition (out-of-state) Not available
- Program total cost $2,985
- Welding (CIP 48.0508) completions 65 (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.)
What this program covers
Southwest Technical College's Welding Technology program awards a Southwest Technical College Technical Certificate. Processes covered are shielded metal arc welding, gas metal arc welding, oxygen fuel welding, cutting & brazing, and plasma & carbon air arc cutting. The program is 24 credit hours, completable in approximately 12 months at 15 hours per week (faster completion possible with increased enrollment), delivered via instructor-assisted open labs with multiple enrollment opportunities throughout the year; the next start date listed is August 4, 2026. Total cost is $5,220, including tuition, books, fees, and supplies. Enrollment requires a CASAS Assessment or equivalent. The welding lab is sponsored by industry partner Lincoln Electric. The program is based in the Health Professions and Trades Building on the main campus.
- Processes taught Shielded metal arc welding (SMAW), gas metal arc welding (GMAW), oxygen fuel welding, cutting & brazing, plasma & carbon air arc cutting
- Credential types Southwest Technical College Technical Certificate
- Program length 24 credit hours, approximately 12 months at 15 hours/week
- Schedule Instructor-assisted open labs, multiple enrollment opportunities throughout the year; next start date August 4, 2026
- Facilities Health Professions and Trades Building, main campus; welding lab sponsored by Lincoln Electric
- Financial aid Total cost $5,220 (tuition, books, fees, supplies); CASAS Assessment or equivalent required for enrollment
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