Welding schools in Washington
22 welding training programs in Washington, sourced from IPEDS, College Scorecard, and the AWS ATF Domestic Site Listing.
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Welding schools in Washington by city
22 programs across 22 cities, listed by how many programs each city has. Tuition is the lowest figure any program in that city reports; compare states on every state ranked by tuition.
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| City | Programs | Lowest listed tuition |
|---|---|---|
| Aberdeen | Grays Harbor College | $5,593 |
| Auburn | Green River College | $4,711 |
| Bellingham | Bellingham Technical College | $4,431 |
| Bremerton | Olympic College | $4,197 |
| Centralia | Centralia College | $5,266 |
| Everett | Everett Community College | $5,032 |
| Kirkland | Lake Washington Institute of Technology | $5,997 |
| Lakewood | Clover Park Technical College | $6,634 |
| Longview | Lower Columbia College | $4,626 |
| Moses Lake | Big Bend Community College | $5,059 |
| Mount Vernon | Skagit Valley College | $5,400 |
| Olympia | South Puget Sound Community College | $5,252 |
| Pasco | Columbia Basin College | $6,555 |
| Port Angeles | Peninsula College | $4,718 |
| Renton | Renton Technical College | $6,308 |
| Seattle | South Seattle College | $5,238 |
| Spokane | Spokane Community College | $5,461 |
| Tacoma | Bates Technical College | $6,027 |
| Vancouver | Clark College | $5,233 |
| Walla Walla | Walla Walla Community College | $5,279 |
| Wenatchee | Wenatchee Valley College | $5,267 |
| Yakima | Perry Technical Institute | $52,316 |
One Washington welding program's tuition dwarfs the rest of the state's list
Perry Technical Institute in Yakima charges $52,316, far above Olympic College in Bremerton at $4,197. That outlier pulls the average up, but the median across 22 programs is $5,267, close to the $4,728 national figure.
22 welding programs are on file for Washington, 21 public and 1 private. Public two-year colleges carry most of the list, the private outlier above included.
Choosing a program in Washington
Port Angeles lists the most programs on file@if ($sc['second_city']), Vancouver follows, though Washington's programs spread across the state rather than clustering in one metro. @endif 3 programs host a co-located AWS Accredited Test Facility, one of the higher counts in this data set, so AWS Certified Welder testing is available on-site at several of them.
5 Washington metros carry their own shop directory, led by Seattle, WA at 25 listed shops. Find one closer to home on the metro pages below.