Program entity

Clover Park Technical College

Lakewood, Washington · Public institution

Address 4500 Steilacoom Blvd SW, Lakewood, WA 98499-4004
Phone (253) 589-5800
Website www.cptc.edu/
Tuition (in-state) $6,634
Tuition (out-of-state) $6,634
Welding (CIP 48.0508) completions 17 (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

Clover Park Technical College offers a Welding Technology degree (AAT or AAS-T, 5 quarters) along with several 2-quarter certificates: Basic Welding, Gas Tungsten Arc Welding, GTAW Pipe, Layout & Fabrication Welding, Shielded Metal Arc Welding, SMAW Pipe, and Wire Feed Welding. Processes covered include TIG/GTAW, SMAW, MIG/wire feed welding, pipe welding (GTAW and SMAW variants), layout and fabrication, and flame-cutting/brazing. Evening and weekend classes are offered, and the program references WABO-certified completions and a welding lab virtual tour, preparing students for manufacturing, industrial maintenance, and construction employment.

Processes taught TIG/GTAW, stick/SMAW, MIG (wire feed), pipe welding
Credential types degree (AAT/AAS-T); certificates (Basic Welding, GTAW, GTAW Pipe, Layout & Fabrication Welding, SMAW, SMAW Pipe, Wire Feed Welding)
Program length 5 quarters (degree); 2 quarters (each certificate)
Schedule evening and weekend classes
Certifications prepped WABO

Source: https://www.cptc.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