Program entity

Danville Community College

Danville, Virginia · Public institution

Address 1008 S Main St, Danville, VA 24541-4004
Phone (434) 797-2222
Website https://www.danville.edu/
Tuition (in-state) $4,992
Tuition (out-of-state) $11,430
Welding (CIP 48.0508) completions 54 (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

Danville Community College offers an 8-week Gas Metal Arc Welding (MIG) short-term training course meeting Mondays and Tuesdays from 4-7pm, at a listed tuition of $1,635. The course qualifies for FastForward and G3 financial aid programs, and the page states many students attend at no out-of-pocket cost.

Processes taught GMAW/MIG
Program length 8 weeks
Schedule Monday & Tuesday, 4pm-7pm
Financial aid FastForward; G3; many students attend this training with no out-of-pocket cost

Source: https://www.danville.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