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Welding schools in Kentucky
Kentucky has 18 accredited campuses awarding welding credentials. If you finish and work as a welder in Kentucky, expect to start around $39,300–$46,380 and reach a median of $51,470 with experience; the top quarter earn $59,900 or more (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, May 2025, Kentucky). Graduates of these Kentucky programs — every graduate, whatever job they took — earned a median of $37,779 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 Kentucky
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025; 6,630 employed in Kentucky. National median: $53,750.
Campuses in Kentucky, ranked by what their graduates earned
Cities: AshlandBowling GreenCampbellsvilleCumberlandElizabethtownFlemingsburgFlorenceHazardHendersonHopkinsvilleLexingtonLouisvilleMadisonvilleMaysvilleOwensboroPaducahPrestonsburgSomerset
| Campus | City | Type | Grads / yr | Earnings, yr 1 | Program debt | Completion | Cost / yr |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elizabethtown Community and Technical College | Elizabethtown | Public | 213 | $46,635 | $6,000 | 60% | not reported |
| Ashland Community and Technical College | Ashland | Public | 139 | $37,779 | $4,865 | 51% | not reported |
| Maysville Community and Technical College | Maysville | Public | 353 | $28,903 | $10,013 | 57% | not reported |
| Bluegrass Community and Technical College | Lexington | Public | 446 | not reported | $9,557 | 43% | not reported |
| Gateway Community and Technical College | Florence | Public | 348 | not reported | $8,500 | 59% | not reported |
| Owensboro Community and Technical College | Owensboro | Public | 297 | not reported | not reported | 54% | not reported |
| West Kentucky Community and Technical College | Paducah | Public | 268 | not reported | $5,625 | 50% | not reported |
| Jefferson Community and Technical College | Louisville | Public | 264 | not reported | $5,879 | 36% | not reported |
| Southcentral Kentucky Community and Technical College | Bowling Green | Public | 236 | not reported | $8,808 | 58% | not reported |
| Somerset Community College | Somerset | Public | 132 | not reported | not reported | 43% | not reported |
| Hopkinsville Community College | Hopkinsville | Public | 130 | not reported | not reported | 45% | not reported |
| Madisonville Community College | Madisonville | Public | 121 | not reported | not reported | 49% | not reported |
| Southeast Kentucky Community & Technical College | Cumberland | Public | 104 | not reported | not reported | 47% | not reported |
| Hazard Community and Technical College | Hazard | Public | 58 | not reported | not reported | 48% | not reported |
| Henderson Community College | Henderson | Public | 32 | not reported | not reported | 35% | not reported |
| Big Sandy Community and Technical College | Prestonsburg | Public | 23 | not reported | not reported | 38% | not reported |
| Campbellsville University | Campbellsville | non-profit | 13 | not reported | not reported | not reported | not reported |
| Kentucky Welding Institute | Flemingsburg | — | — | not reported | not reported | not reported | 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.