Welding Technology
Stem Major
Add ComparisonIn 2024, the locations with the highest concentration of Welding Technology degree recipients are Houston, TX, Jacksonville, FL, and Indianapolis city (balance), IN. In 2024, the locations with a relatively high number of Welding Technology degree recipients are Troy, OH, South Burlington, VT, and Arroyo, PR. The most common degree awarded to students studying Welding Technology is a certificate of at least 1 but less than 2 academic years.
Information about the types of higher education institutions that grant degrees in Welding Technology and the types of students that study this field. Tulsa Welding School-Houston awards the most degrees in Welding Technology in the US, but Tulsa Welding School-Jacksonville and Arclabs have the highest percentage of degrees awarded in Welding Technology.
Tuition costs for Welding Technology majors are, on average, $4,126 for in-state public colleges, and $16,680 for out of state private colleges.
The most common sector, by number of institutions, that offers Welding Technology programs are Public, 2-year institutions (576 total). The most common sector, by number of degrees awarded, is Public, 2-year (33,501 completions).
The most common sector, by number of degrees awarded in Welding Technology, is Public, 2-year (33,501 completions in 2024).
The following chart shows the share of universities that offer Welding Technology programs, by the total number of completions, colored and grouped by their sector.
Tulsa Welding School-Houston has the most Welding Technology degree recipients, with 1,170 degrees awarded in 2024.
The following bar chart shows the state tuition for the top 5 institutions with the most degrees awarded in Welding Technology.
Out of all institutions that offer Welding Technology programs and have at least 5 graduates in those programs, Tulsa Welding School-Jacksonville has the highest percentage of degrees awarded in Welding Technology, with 100%.
This map shows the counties in the United States colored by the highest number of degrees awarded in Welding Technology by year.
Demographic information for those who earn a degree in Precision Production in the United States.
The most common degree type these workers hold is a Certificate of at least 1 but less than 2 academic years. Male employees are more likely to hold Precision Production degrees, and White students are the most common race/ethnicty group awarded degrees in Precision Production (32,137 students).
The most common degree types awarded to students graduating in Welding Technology are Certificate of at least 1 but less than 2 academic years, 1 to 2 Year Postsecondary Certificate, and Certificate of less than 1 academic year.
This chart shows the granted degrees by sex at the 5 institutions that graduate the most students in Welding Technology.
This chart shows the number of degrees awarded in Welding Technology for each race & ethnicity.
In 2024, White students earned the largest share of the degrees with this major.
This chart illustrates the differences by sex for each race & ethnicity of 1 to 2 Year Postsecondary Certificate recipients in Welding Technology.
Data on the critical and distinctive skills necessary for those working in the Welding Technology field from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Welding Technology majors need many skills, but most especially Operations Monitoring. The revealed comparative advantage (RCA) shows that Welding Technology majors need more than the average amount of Equipment Maintenance, Repairing, and Operation and Control.
These two visualizations, one a radial chart and one a bar chart, show the same information, a rating of how necessary the following skills are for Welding Technology majors. Toggle between "value" and "RCA" to see the absolute rating of that skill (value) and the revealed comparative advantage (RCA), or how much greater or lesser that skill's rating is than the average. The longer the bar or the closer the line comes to the circumference of the circle, the more important that skill is. The importance of Equipment Maintenance is very distinctive for majors, but the Operations Monitoring, Operation and Control, and Reading Comprehension are the three most important skills for people in the field.
