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Welding schools in North Dakota
North Dakota has 7 accredited campuses awarding welding credentials. If you finish and work as a welder in North Dakota, expect to start around $46,660–$54,660 and reach a median of $62,000 with experience; the top quarter earn $72,560 or more (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, May 2025, North Dakota). Graduates of these North Dakota programs — every graduate, whatever job they took — earned a median of $41,258 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 North Dakota
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025; 2,590 employed in North Dakota. National median: $53,750.
Campuses in North Dakota, ranked by what their graduates earned
Cities: BelcourtBismarckFargoNew TownWahpetonWilliston
| Campus | City | Type | Grads / yr | Earnings, yr 1 | Program debt | Completion | Cost / yr |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| North Dakota State College of Science | Wahpeton | Public | 33 | $47,110 | $11,123 | 55% | not reported |
| Lynnes Welding Training | Fargo | for-profit | 80 | $35,406 | $3,385 | 98% | $24,460 |
| Bismarck State College | Bismarck | Public | 27 | not reported | not reported | not reported | not reported |
| Williston State College | Williston | Public | 22 | not reported | not reported | 42% | not reported |
| United Tribes Technical College | Bismarck | non-profit | 8 | not reported | not reported | not reported | not reported |
| Turtle Mountain Community College | Belcourt | non-profit | 5 | not reported | not reported | not reported | not reported |
| Nueta Hidatsa Sahnish College | New Town | Public | 1 | 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.