Grays Harbor College
Aberdeen, Washington · Public institution
- Address 1620 Edward P Smith Drive, Aberdeen, WA 98520-7599
- Phone (360) 532-9020
- Website www.ghc.edu/
- Tuition (in-state) $5,593
- Tuition (out-of-state) $12,553
- Welding (CIP 48.0508) completions 14 (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
Grays Harbor College offers Associate in Technology degrees in three welding options (Structural: 7 quarters/133 credits/1,947 welding course hours; Construction: 8 quarters/149 credits/2,211 hours; Pipe: 9 quarters/165 credits/2,475 hours), plus completion certificates. Instruction covers SMAW, GMAW, GTAW, FCAW, and cutting/gouging processes (oxygen fuel, plasma arc, air carbon arc), delivered primarily in daytime hours Monday through Friday with some beginning-level night courses. Certification testing is proctored by an AWS Certified Welding Inspector, and the college is a WABO-approved Welder Qualifying Agency. The shop includes a 5,250 sq ft main shop with 9'x8' and 6'x6' welding booths and a 3,000 sq ft covered open-air welding area with an overhead crane.
- Processes taught stick/SMAW, MIG/GMAW, TIG/GTAW, flux-core/FCAW, pipe welding, structural welding
- Credential types AT (Associate in Technology) degree, three options; Certificate of Achievement (CA); Completion Certificate (CC)
- Program length Structural: 7 quarters/133 credits; Construction: 8 quarters/149 credits; Pipe: 9 quarters/165 credits
- Schedule primarily daytime, Monday-Friday; some beginning-level night courses
- Certifications prepped WABO Welder Qualifying Agency certification; AWS-proctored certification testing
- Facilities 5,250 sq ft main shop with 9'x8' and 6'x6' welding booths; 3,000 sq ft covered open-air welding area with overhead crane
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