Welding
Southwestern Oregon Community College
Public · Community college
The provider lists an applied welding degree alongside shorter welding and pipe-fitting certificates. Choose the AAS course map to compare broader fabrication training with a shorter entry credential.
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Preparation, time and schedule
Before you apply
Review shop safety, mathematics placement and personal protective equipment needs.
Your complete timeline
AAS; confirm the full welding sequence. Prior credits, prerequisite placement and course availability can change your personal completion date.
Plan around the schedule
Campus-based; confirm the current timetable. Ask for the actual days, start times and required travel from Coos Bay. Online coursework does not necessarily make laboratories or placements remote.
Application and selection
Use the official Welding page to review the current entry checklist. Ask whether a separate department application, selection process or cohort start applies before committing to enrollment.
Details checked September 15, 2026. Confirm current requirements with the provider.
Questions to take to an advisor
Which preparation, timetable and complete budget apply to my Welding plan?
- Which required courses or placements are offered only once per year?
- Can you give me a written estimate covering every required term and practical expense?
- Which employment, transfer or licensing requirements remain after this award?
Published program length is not a personal completion estimate. Transfer credits, prerequisites, selection and course availability can change the timeline.
After the program
Employer welding tests and process-specific qualifications are separate from the award. Build evidence of practical weld quality.
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
2026-27 U.S.-resident tuition is $120 per credit, with a $42 per-credit fee and a $42 per-course fee. Distance courses add $46 per course; designated culinary courses add a $51 per-credit program fee.
Official tuition and cost information ↗ · Checked September 16, 2026
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Census records for this institution, credential and related field do not publish an eligible one-year earnings figure for the reviewed cohorts. Suppression protects small groups; it is not evidence of poor outcomes.
Historical related-field earnings
$44,153 median annual earnings 5 years after completion, in 2022 dollars.
Southwestern Oregon Community College · Precision Metal Working (CIP 48.05) · Associate's Degree. Cohort: 2014-15 and 2015-16 academic-year completers; earnings measured in 2020 and 2021.
College Scorecard covers federally aided completers who were working and not enrolled. This related field can combine programs and institutional branches; it is not an exact-program, campus-specific or current starting-pay figure. It is not directly comparable with Census outcomes because the population and dollar year differ.
U.S. Department of Education field-of-study data (ZIP) ↗
Data dictionary and cohort dates (Excel) ↗ · Checked September 16, 2026