Program entity

South Seattle College

Seattle, Washington · Public institution

Address 6000 16th Ave SW, Seattle, WA 98106-1499
Phone (206) 934-5300
Website southseattle.edu/
Tuition (in-state) $5,238
Tuition (out-of-state) $5,796
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

South Seattle College's Maritime Shipyard Welding program is a 37-unit, stackable certificate completed in six months at the Harbor Island Training Center, a classroom located inside a working shipyard operated in partnership with Vigor Industrial. The page states graduates are prepared for shipyard welding and fitting positions with a starting wage of $34/hour plus benefits, though it does not name specific welding processes taught.

Credential types certificate (37 units, stackable)
Program length 6 months
Facilities Harbor Island Training Center, a classroom inside a working shipyard, in partnership with Vigor Industrial

Source: https://southseattle.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