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20 schools in Alabama offer welding-related programs, compared below on official cost, completion, and earnings data. Prefer to earn while you learn? 9 registered apprenticeship programs in Alabama train welding apprentices — see apprenticeships. Federal program data groups welding with machining & cnc — schools below may offer any of these.
Occupation pay is what working welding professionals in Alabama earn (all experience levels) — school "earnings" figures above are medians for each school's recent federally-aided students across all its programs, which read lower.
| School | City | Type | Net price / yr | Completion | Earnings (10 yr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| George C Wallace Community College-Dothan | Dothan | public | $1,170 | 36.5% | $31,399 |
| Reid State Technical College | Evergreen | public | $1,739 | 50.3% | $28,982 |
| Northeast Alabama Community College | Rainsville | public | $2,756 | 46.3% | $34,913 |
| Northwest Shoals Community College | Muscle Shoals | public | $2,838 | 37.2% | $33,828 |
| Lurleen B Wallace Community College | Andalusia | public | $2,792 | 42.5% | $32,307 |
| Gadsden State Community College | Gadsden | public | $3,515 | 31.2% | $32,937 |
| Southern Union State Community College | Wadley | public | $6,142 | 30.3% | $36,597 |
| Bevill State Community College | Jasper | public | $5,937 | 35.9% | $34,107 |
| Bishop State Community College | Mobile | public | $5,397 | 28% | $29,916 |
| Lawson State Community College | Birmingham | public | $6,275 | 24% | $31,701 |
| John C Calhoun State Community College | Tanner | public | $7,660 | 29.9% | $38,192 |
| J. F. Drake State Community and Technical College | Huntsville | public | $6,005 | 20.7% | $28,281 |
| H Councill Trenholm State Community College | Montgomery | public | $8,325 | 39.5% | $32,183 |
| George C Wallace State Community College-Selma | Selma | public | $9,272 | 30.4% | $31,598 |
| George C Wallace State Community College-Hanceville | Hanceville | public | $13,170 | 44.4% | $39,842 |
| Coastal Alabama Community College | Bay Minette | public | $13,644 | 24.1% | $34,894 |
| Shelton State Community College | Tuscaloosa | public | $14,557 | 22% | $35,014 |
| Central Alabama Community College | Alexander City | public | $15,996 | 27.6% | $33,506 |
| Fortis Institute-Birmingham | Birmingham | private for-profit | $25,946 | 53.3% | $32,886 |
| J F Ingram State Technical College | Deatsville | public | not reported | 17.5% | not reported |
Ranking = median earnings 10 years after entry per $1,000 of average yearly net price (methodology). Figures are institution-wide federal medians for each school as a whole — not welding graduates specifically. Schools without both figures sort last — "not reported" means the federal dataset lacks the value, not that the school is bad.
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