Welding schools in Wisconsin
17 welding training programs in Wisconsin, sourced from IPEDS, College Scorecard, and the AWS ATF Domestic Site Listing.
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Welding schools in Wisconsin by city
17 programs across 17 cities, listed by how many programs each city has. Tuition is the lowest figure any program in that city reports; compare states on every state ranked by tuition.
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| City | Programs | Lowest listed tuition |
|---|---|---|
| Appleton | Fox Valley Technical College | $5,040 |
| Cleveland | Lakeshore Technical College | $4,844 |
| Eau Claire | Chippewa Valley Technical College | $4,844 |
| Fennimore | Southwest Wisconsin Technical College | $4,904 |
| Fond du Lac | Moraine Park Technical College | $4,819 |
| Green Bay | Northeast Wisconsin Technical College | $4,960 |
| Janesville | Blackhawk Technical College | $4,267 |
| Kenosha | Gateway Technical College | $4,956 |
| Keshena | College of Menominee Nation | $6,200 |
| La Crosse | Western Technical College | $4,820 |
| Madison | Madison Area Technical College | $4,977 |
| Milwaukee | Milwaukee Area Technical College | $5,184 |
| Pewaukee | Waukesha County Technical College | $4,872 |
| Rhinelander | Nicolet Area Technical College | $4,793 |
| Rice Lake | Northwood Technical College | $4,926 |
| Wausau | Northcentral Technical College | $4,889 |
| Wisconsin Rapids | Mid-State Technical College | $5,002 |
Wisconsin's welding schools are almost all public, and tightly priced
16 of Wisconsin's 17 welding programs are public. Median tuition among the 17 programs with a reported figure is $4,904, well under the $4,728 national median. The range here is tight compared to most states: Blackhawk Technical College in Janesville runs $4,267, and College of Menominee Nation in Keshena, the state's one nonprofit option, tops out at $6,200.
Wisconsin's boiler and pressure-vessel license
Wisconsin is one of three states, along with Ohio and Massachusetts, that separately licenses boiler and pressure-vessel welding; New York City and Chicago layer on their own city rules for the same work. Outside that narrow scope there's no general Wisconsin welder license to hold. ASME code qualifications come from the employer's own quality program rather than from ASME certifying an individual welder, so there's no statewide registry a job seeker can check. The National Board of Boiler and Pressure Vessel Inspectors coordinates loosely across the states that license this work. How ASME qualification actually works covers the employer-side detail.
Choosing a program
Programs are scattered rather than clustered; Rice Lake has just 1 program on file, about the same as several other Wisconsin cities. 3 programs statewide co-locate an AWS Accredited Test Facility for AWS Certified Welder testing.
Wisconsin's metro shop directories are more developed than its school list: Green Bay, WI, Kenosha, WI, Madison, WI and more below, each with own-site-verified listings for finding work once a boiler license or AWS credential is in hand.