Program entity
Mountwest Community and Technical College
Huntington, West Virginia · Public institution
- Address One Mountwest Way, Huntington, WV 25701
- Phone (866) 710-3140
- Website www.mctc.edu/
- Tuition (in-state) $4,938
- Tuition (out-of-state) $12,304
- Welding (CIP 48.0508) completions 9 (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
Mountwest Community and Technical College's Welding Technology program offers three credential levels: a 2-year AAS degree (60 credit hours), a 1-year Certificate of Applied Science (30 credit hours), and a 10-credit-hour Skillset. Instruction covers TIG, MIG, SMAW, and metal cutting techniques, delivered in a shop setting with intensive student-instructor interaction and hands-on emphasis, in partnership with the Robert C. Byrd Institute. Full-time and part-time schedules are available, and the program provides a foundation to pursue American Welding Society (AWS) certification.
- Processes taught TIG (GTAW), MIG (GMAW), SMAW
- Credential types A.A.S. degree; Certificate of Applied Science; Skillset
- Program length AAS: 60 credit hours; Certificate: 30 credit hours; Skillset: 10 credit hours
- Schedule Full-time and part-time available
- Certifications prepped AWS certification (foundation toward)
- Facilities Shop-setting training in partnership with the Robert C. Byrd Institute
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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