Welding & Fabrication
Clatsop Community College
Public · Community college
Practice welding processes, fabrication and safe shop work for manufacturing and construction settings.
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Preparation, time and schedule
Before you apply
Compare the AAS requirements with the shorter AWS entry-level certificate before choosing an award.
Your complete timeline
Clatsop teaches five welding processes and offers an AAS, a one-year certificate and shorter pathway certificates. This profile covers the AAS. Ask for a term-by-term plan that includes prerequisites, transfer decisions and application timing.
Plan around the schedule
Confirm the workshop site, lab timetable and required protective equipment before enrollment.
Application and selection
Compare the AAS requirements with the shorter AWS entry-level certificate before choosing an award. Check the current first-year or transfer admission requirements and whether the major or practical placement has a separate application.
Details checked September 15, 2026. Confirm current requirements with the provider.
Questions to take to an advisor
Which welding processes and practical assessments are included in the AAS, and which certifications are separate?
- What is included in the written price, and what would I pay separately?
- What support is available if my work schedule, disability accommodations or family responsibilities affect attendance?
Published program length is not a personal completion estimate. Transfer credits, prerequisites, selection and course availability can change the timeline.
After the program
Employers may require process-specific welding tests. A college award is not a guarantee of every certification, job assignment or journey-level status.
Cost and outcomes
Published base; complete personal budget still needed
Add program-specific fees, books, tools or supplies, exams, prerequisite study, travel and living expenses to the published base below. Your final cost depends on your course plan and financial aid.
Published tuition or budget base
The 2026-27 full-time, three-term institutional budget includes $5,418 in tuition and fees and $2,800 for books and supplies. These annual planning allowances are not a complete price for this particular program.
Official tuition and cost information ↗ · Checked September 16, 2026
A tuition rate or annual allowance is not a complete program price. Confirm your residency, course load, program fees and financial aid before comparing costs.
Open the cost planner →No verified exact-program earnings figure.
The reviewed related-field and credential records do not provide a usable numeric earnings value in Census PSEO or the one-, four- and five-year measures in the June 2026 College Scorecard release. Suppressed or unavailable values are not zero and do not establish poor outcomes.
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