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Welding schools in Georgia
Georgia has 24 accredited campuses awarding welding credentials. If you finish and work as a welder in Georgia, expect to start around $38,030–$44,150 and reach a median of $48,430 with experience; the top quarter earn $58,240 or more (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, May 2025, Georgia). Graduates of these Georgia programs — every graduate, whatever job they took — earned a median of $32,627 in their first year, against $34,154 nationally; that is the figure used to rank campuses below.
What welders, cutters, solderers and brazers earn in Georgia
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025; 13,130 employed in Georgia. National median: $53,750.
Campuses in Georgia, ranked by what their graduates earned
Cities: AlbanyAmericusAthensAtlantaAugustaClarkesvilleClarkstonColumbusDuluthGainesvilleGriffinLawrencevilleMariettaRomeSandersvilleSavannahSmyrnaStatesboroThomasvilleValdostaVidaliaWacoWarner RobinsWaycross
| Campus | City | Type | Grads / yr | Earnings, yr 1 | Program debt | Completion | Cost / yr |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coastal Pines Technical College | Waycross | Public | 253 | $50,619 | not reported | 48% | not reported |
| North Georgia Technical College | Clarkesville | Public | 58 | $40,952 | not reported | 39% | not reported |
| South Georgia Technical College | Americus | Public | 110 | $37,254 | not reported | 61% | not reported |
| Gwinnett Technical College | Lawrenceville | Public | 81 | $36,956 | not reported | 32% | not reported |
| Southern Regional Technical College | Thomasville | Public | 163 | $35,821 | not reported | 31% | not reported |
| Southern Crescent Technical College | Griffin | Public | 100 | $34,576 | not reported | 58% | not reported |
| Lanier Technical College | Gainesville | Public | 107 | $32,657 | not reported | 34% | not reported |
| Georgia Northwestern Technical College | Rome | Public | 198 | $32,627 | not reported | 43% | not reported |
| Augusta Technical College | Augusta | Public | 109 | $32,516 | not reported | 31% | not reported |
| Chattahoochee Technical College | Marietta | Public | 207 | $32,188 | not reported | 38% | not reported |
| West Georgia Technical College | Waco | Public | 290 | $31,546 | not reported | 35% | not reported |
| Aviation Institute of Maintenance-Atlanta | Duluth | for-profit | 37 | $31,287 | $14,750 | 46% | not reported |
| Wiregrass Georgia Technical College | Valdosta | Public | 216 | $30,762 | not reported | 50% | not reported |
| Savannah Technical College | Savannah | Public | 194 | $29,404 | not reported | 43% | not reported |
| Fortis College-Smyrna | Smyrna | for-profit | 35 | $28,905 | $13,000 | 59% | not reported |
| Ogeechee Technical College | Statesboro | Public | 67 | $28,691 | not reported | 43% | not reported |
| Albany Technical College | Albany | Public | 43 | $22,025 | not reported | 42% | not reported |
| Central Georgia Technical College | Warner Robins | Public | 334 | not reported | not reported | 47% | not reported |
| Oconee Fall Line Technical College | Sandersville | Public | 204 | not reported | not reported | 65% | not reported |
| Athens Technical College | Athens | Public | 123 | not reported | not reported | 51% | not reported |
| Southeastern Technical College | Vidalia | Public | 92 | not reported | not reported | 38% | not reported |
| Atlanta Technical College | Atlanta | Public | 85 | not reported | not reported | 49% | not reported |
| Columbus Technical College | Columbus | Public | 65 | not reported | not reported | 27% | not reported |
| Georgia Piedmont Technical College | Clarkston | Public | 61 | not reported | not reported | 44% | not reported |
Earnings are median wages and self-employment income reported to the IRS (W-2 and Schedule SE) for graduates who received federal aid and were working and not enrolled, measured in the calendar year after finishing. They are pay only: health insurance, retirement contributions and other benefits are not included.
Ranked by median earnings of this program's graduates one year after completion (College Scorecard field-of-study, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) 2022-23 Completions survey; College Scorecard June 2026; Database of Accredited Postsecondary Institutions and Programs (DAPIP), September 2026); campuses without a reported figure follow, by credentials awarded. "Program debt" is the median federal loan debt for graduates of this program at this campus. Completion is the campus-wide 150%-of-time rate. "Not reported" means the federal file suppresses the value for privacy.