Program entity

Spokane Community College

Spokane, Washington · Public institution

Address 1810 North Greene Street, Spokane, WA 99217-5399
Phone (509) 533-8400
Website https://scc.spokane.edu/
Tuition (in-state) $5,461
Tuition (out-of-state) $6,612
Welding (CIP 48.0508) completions 48 (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

Spokane Community College's Welding and Fabrication certificate is a three-quarter, competency-based program letting students progress at their own pace, with both evening and daytime options. Curriculum covers shielded metal-arc welding, oxy-acetylene welding, MIG, and TIG, plus blueprint reading, material layout, and cutting/prep skills, using shop equipment including overhead cranes, grinders, power saws, ironworker tools, cold saws, and drill presses. Students must maintain a 2.5 GPA in support courses and complete an application/acceptance process before starting program coursework.

Processes taught SMAW (shielded metal-arc), oxy-acetylene welding, GMAW (MIG), GTAW (TIG)
Credential types certificate
Program length three-quarter program
Schedule competency-based, self-paced; evening and daytime options
Facilities overhead cranes, grinders, power saws, ironworker tools, cold saws, drill presses

Source: https://scc.spokane.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