Gateway Technical College
Kenosha, Wisconsin · Public institution
- Address 3520 30th Ave, Kenosha, WI 53144-1690
- Phone (262) 564-2200
- Website https://www.gtc.edu/
- Tuition (in-state) $4,956
- Tuition (out-of-state) $7,199
- Welding (CIP 48.0508) completions 166 (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.)
What this program covers
Gateway Technical College's Welding technical diploma totals 43 credits and is described as completable in one or two years for full-time students, with classes offered day and night on the Elkhorn and Racine campuses. Named processes include GMAW/MIG, GTAW/TIG, SMAW/Stick, oxy-acetylene cutting/welding, pipe welding (Pipe SMAW, GTAW, GMAW), structural welding (Structural GMAW, FCAW, SMAW), and plasma arc cutting. Students can earn an embedded Welding/Maintenance & Fabrication technical diploma after the first semester, and the program references internal flux-cored weld, aluminum tensile, and steel plate certifications along with instruction in AWS welding symbol format. Estimated cost is $10,599 tuition/fees plus $3,617 books/supplies, with a cited local median wage of $58,240.
- Processes taught GMAW/MIG; GTAW/TIG; SMAW/Stick; FCAW/Flux-core; pipe welding; structural welding
- Credential types Technical Diploma; embedded Welding/Maintenance & Fabrication technical diploma
- Program length 43 credits; one to two years for full-time students
- Schedule Day and night classes at Elkhorn and Racine campuses
- Certifications prepped Gateway Technical College flux cored weld certification; aluminum tensile certification; steel plate certification
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