Program entity

Western Technical College

La Crosse, Wisconsin · Public institution

Address 400 Seventh St. North, La Crosse, WI 54601
Phone (608) 785-9200
Website https://www.westerntc.edu/
Tuition (in-state) $4,820
Tuition (out-of-state) $7,078
Welding (CIP 48.0508) completions 39 (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

Western Technical College's Welding & Fabrication program is a 31-credit technical diploma based at the La Crosse campus with a fall start date. Coursework covers shielded metal arc, oxy-fuel, gas metal arc, and gas tungsten arc welding, plus flux-core welding, thermal cutting, blueprint reading, and metallurgy inspection. Estimated program cost is $5,480 with financial aid available; among 54 recent graduates, 8 were employed full-time in welding-related roles at a median wage of $23/hour.

Processes taught SMAW, oxy-fuel, GMAW, GTAW, FCAW, thermal cutting
Credential types Technical Diploma
Program length 31 credits, fall start
Schedule In-person
Facilities Based at La Crosse campus (400 7th Street North)
Financial aid Financial aid available; estimated program cost $5,480

Source: https://www.westerntc.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