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Welding schools in Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania has 40 accredited campuses awarding welding credentials. If you finish and work as a welder in Pennsylvania, expect to start around $40,510–$47,240 and reach a median of $52,900 with experience; the top quarter earn $61,920 or more (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, May 2025, Pennsylvania). Graduates of these Pennsylvania programs — every graduate, whatever job they took — earned a median of $34,747 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 Pennsylvania
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025; 17,850 employed in Pennsylvania. National median: $53,750.
Campuses in Pennsylvania, ranked by what their graduates earned
Cities: AllentownAltoonaBethlehemChambersburgClearfieldEssingtonExtonFalls CreekFrackvilleGreensburgHarrisburgHermitageIndianaJohnstownLancasterLeesportMediaNanticokeNew CastleOakdalePhiladelphiaPittsburghPleasant GapSchnecksvilleScrantonSpringvilleSunburyUniontownWashingtonWest MifflinWilliamsportWillow StreetYorkYoungwood
| Campus | City | Type | Grads / yr | Earnings, yr 1 | Program debt | Completion | Cost / yr |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology | Lancaster | Public | 73 | $49,565 | $12,000 | 71% | not reported |
| Pennsylvania College of Technology | Williamsport | Public | 71 | $45,234 | $14,250 | not reported | not reported |
| Triangle Tech Inc-Dubois | Falls Creek | for-profit | 13 | $38,070 | $12,000 | not reported | not reported |
| Triangle Tech Inc-Sunbury | Sunbury | for-profit | 7 | $38,070 | $12,000 | not reported | not reported |
| Welder Training and Testing Institute | Allentown | for-profit | 49 | $37,537 | $9,217 | 85% | $26,491 |
| Laurel Technical Institute | Hermitage | for-profit | 7 | $37,086 | not reported | 73% | not reported |
| Pittsburgh Technical College | Oakdale | non-profit | 20 | $37,004 | $14,499 | not reported | not reported |
| Penn Commercial Business/Technical School | Washington | for-profit | 5 | $36,042 | not reported | 84% | not reported |
| Triangle Tech Inc-Bethlehem | Bethlehem | for-profit | 18 | $35,861 | $18,262 | not reported | not reported |
| Triangle Tech Inc-Greensburg | Greensburg | for-profit | 9 | $35,861 | $18,262 | not reported | not reported |
| York County School of Technology-Adult & Continuing Education | York | Public | 28 | $34,747 | not reported | 90% | $17,765 |
| Central Pennsylvania Institute of Science and Technology | Pleasant Gap | Public | 2 | $34,554 | not reported | 95% | $15,817 |
| Rosedale Technical College | Pittsburgh | non-profit | 17 | $34,154 | $9,000 | 81% | not reported |
| Greater Altoona Career & Technology Center | Altoona | Public | 6 | $34,042 | not reported | 69% | $22,232 |
| Lancaster County Career and Technology Center | Willow Street | Public | 11 | $32,416 | $9,500 | 91% | $22,146 |
| Johnson College | Scranton | non-profit | 12 | $31,751 | not reported | 55% | not reported |
| New Castle School of Trades | New Castle | for-profit | 48 | $29,710 | $8,758 | 76% | $15,355 |
| All-State Career School | Essington | for-profit | 6 | $28,847 | $13,000 | 54% | $23,923 |
| Triangle Tech-Chambersburg | Chambersburg | for-profit | 31 | $24,534 | $12,972 | not reported | not reported |
| Triangle Tech Inc-Pittsburgh | Pittsburgh | for-profit | 8 | $24,534 | $12,972 | not reported | not reported |
| All-State Career School-Pittsburgh | West Mifflin | for-profit | 23 | $23,285 | $12,289 | 75% | $22,397 |
| Philadelphia Technician Training | Philadelphia | non-profit | 129 | $17,378 | $9,500 | 50% | $28,663 |
| Community College of Allegheny County | Pittsburgh | Public | 100 | not reported | not reported | 24% | not reported |
| Universal Technical Institute of Pennsylvania Inc | Exton | for-profit | 41 | not reported | $6,855 | 63% | $30,648 |
| Harrisburg Area Community College | Harrisburg | Public | 23 | not reported | not reported | 21% | not reported |
| Greater Johnstown Career and Technology Center | Johnstown | Public | 18 | not reported | not reported | 79% | $19,100 |
| Luzerne County Community College | Nanticoke | Public | 18 | not reported | not reported | 23% | not reported |
| Westmoreland County Community College | Youngwood | Public | 15 | not reported | not reported | 31% | not reported |
| Commonwealth Technical Institute | Johnstown | non-profit | 13 | not reported | not reported | 86% | not reported |
| Institute of Medical Careers | Pittsburgh | for-profit | 12 | not reported | not reported | 77% | $26,575 |
| Delaware County Community College | Media | Public | 9 | not reported | not reported | 24% | not reported |
| Northampton County Area Community College | Bethlehem | Public | 9 | not reported | not reported | 24% | not reported |
| Laurel Business Institute | Uniontown | for-profit | 8 | not reported | not reported | 69% | not reported |
| Berks Career & Technology Center | Leesport | Public | 5 | not reported | not reported | 63% | $23,912 |
| Indiana County Technology Center | Indiana | Public | 3 | not reported | not reported | 71% | $24,599 |
| Lehigh Carbon Community College | Schnecksville | Public | 3 | not reported | not reported | 30% | not reported |
| Schuylkill Technology Center | Frackville | Public | 3 | not reported | not reported | 63% | $17,010 |
| Clearfield County Career and Technology Center | Clearfield | Public | 1 | not reported | not reported | 79% | $18,878 |
| Pennsylvania Highlands Community College | Johnstown | Public | 1 | not reported | not reported | 38% | not reported |
| Susquehanna County Career and Technology Center | Springville | Public | 1 | not reported | not reported | 97% | $11,847 |
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.