Program entity
Renton Technical College
Renton, Washington · Public institution
- Address 3000 NE Fourth St, Renton, WA 98056-4123
- Phone (425) 235-2352
- Website www.rtc.edu/
- Tuition (in-state) $6,308
- Tuition (out-of-state) $7,369
- Welding (CIP 48.0508) completions 31 (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
Renton Technical College's welding program offers an 18-credit Arc Welding Certificate, a Certificate of Completion, and an AAS degree (adding 10 general-education credits), taught Monday through Friday with Fall/Winter/Spring/Summer entry points. The page states certifications are "progressively sequenced for multiple completion points" and references WABO testing, but does not name specific welding processes taught.
- Credential types Arc Welding Certificate; Certificate of Completion; AAS degree
- Program length 18 credits (Arc Welding Certificate); AAS adds 10 general-education credits
- Schedule Monday through Friday; Fall, Winter, Spring, Summer enrollment points
- Certifications prepped WABO testing
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
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