Program entity · AWS ATF co-located

Chippewa Valley Technical College

Eau Claire, Wisconsin · Public institution

Address 620 W Clairemont Ave, Eau Claire, WI 54701-6162
Phone (715) 833-6200
Website www.cvtc.edu/
Tuition (in-state) $4,844
Tuition (out-of-state) $7,087
Welding (CIP 48.0508) completions 109 (latest reported year)
AWS ATF co-located Yes (Matched AWS ATF facility city+state (Eau Claire, WI) against the AWS ATF Domestic Site Listing PDF (6.25.2025).)

Program details

What this program covers

Chippewa Valley Technical College offers a Welding technical diploma (33 credits) completed in one year of face-to-face instruction, with August and January start dates. Coursework covers shielded metal arc, gas metal arc, flux-cored arc, and gas tungsten arc welding, plus oxyacetylene welding/cutting, robotic welding, and CNC plasma cutting. Estimated program cost is $9,357, and the program is financial-aid eligible; graduates may continue into CVTC's two-year Welding Fabrication program.

Processes taught SMAW, GMAW, FCAW, GTAW, oxyacetylene, robotic welding, CNC plasma cutting
Credential types Technical Diploma (with option to continue into 2-year Welding Fabrication program)
Program length 1 year (33 credits), starts August or January
Schedule Face-to-face
Financial aid Financial aid eligible; estimated total cost $9,357

Source: https://www.cvtc.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