Program entity
South Puget Sound Community College
Olympia, Washington · Public institution
- Address 2011 Mottman Rd SW, Olympia, WA 98512-6292
- Phone (360) 596-5200
- Website www.spscc.edu/
- Tuition (in-state) $5,252
- Tuition (out-of-state) $5,813
- 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
South Puget Sound Community College's Welding Technology program offers an AAS degree along with a Basic Welding Skills Certificate of Achievement and four Certificates of Proficiency covering SMAW, GMAW, FCAW, and GTAW. The program distinguishes full-time credential-track training from non-credentialed part-time evening courses, and the campus is a WABO on-site testing location. The page names Worker Retraining, BFET, WorkFirst, and Opportunity Grant funding as available to students.
- Processes taught SMAW, GMAW, FCAW, GTAW
- Credential types AAS degree; Basic Welding Skills Certificate of Achievement; 4 Certificates of Proficiency (SMAW, GMAW, FCAW, GTAW)
- Schedule full-time career-training track; part-time evening courses (evening courses non-credentialed)
- Certifications prepped WABO (on-site testing)
- Financial aid Worker Retraining, BFET, WorkFirst, Opportunity Grants
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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