Welding classes in Baton Rouge

20 welding programs with costs, results and funding that can make them free

3 schools offer these welding programs with classes in the Baton Rouge area, and every one is approved for workforce funding. Each shows its price if you pay yourself and how past students did.

Welders join and cut metal parts with hand-held or remotely controlled equipment. Most have a high school diploma plus technical training, and some employers ask for a certification for particular jobs.¹ In Baton Rouge, 16 of the 20 programs take students without a high school diploma.

See the 20 programs

All 52 welding programs in Louisiana, including online programs

How much do welding classes cost in Baton Rouge?

$8,000 to $15,600

is what most programs cost if you pay yourself

All 20 programs with a price: $550 to $37,750

Finished the program: Not reported
Working 6 months later: Not reported
Earned a year, estimated: about $48,500
Length: 8 to 26 weeks

Source: US Department of Labor, program year 2024 (July 2024 to June 2025). Only programs approved for workforce funding are listed; other schools in Baton Rouge may also offer welding classes. How these figures are made

Are there free welding classes in Baton Rouge?

Yes, if you qualify. Workforce funding can pay for any program on this page.²³
Ask an American Job Center whether you qualify, or call 1-877-872-5627.⁴
Or pay yourself. Most welding programs in Baton Rouge cost $8,000 to $15,600.

Who qualifies, and other ways to pay: financial aid, grants and the GI Bill

All 20 welding programs in Baton Rouge approved for funding

20 programs

General weldingIn personNo diploma needed
AWS Welding
Baton Rouge Community College- Mid City Campus, Baton Rouge
No diploma needed
Baton Rouge Community College- Mid City Campus, Baton Rouge · General welding · In person · No diploma needed
Earned a year, estimated$66,700
Price if you pay yourself$550
School website, AWS Welding at Baton Rouge Community College- Mid City Campus
More details about AWS Welding at Baton Rouge Community College- Mid City Campus
Finished
Not reported
Working at 6 months
Not reported
Earned in a quarter
$16,668
Length
20 weeks, 6 hours a week
Cost of supplies
$250
Students counted
837
a year, estimated
$66,700
price
$550
General weldingIn personNo diploma needed
Welding Technical Diploma
Baton Rouge Community College- Mid City Campus, Baton Rouge
No diploma needed
Baton Rouge Community College- Mid City Campus, Baton Rouge · General welding · In person · No diploma needed
Earned a year, estimated$66,700
Price if you pay yourself$12,666
Program website, Welding Technical Diploma at Baton Rouge Community College- Mid City Campus
More details about Welding Technical Diploma at Baton Rouge Community College- Mid City Campus
Finished
Not reported
Working at 6 months
Not reported
Earned in a quarter
$16,668
Length
40 weeks, 17 hours a week
Cost of supplies
$4,650
Students counted
837
a year, estimated
$66,700
price
$12,666
Structural weldingIn personNo diploma needed
Smaw Structural Welder I
Advanced Welding School, LLC, Walker
No diploma needed
Advanced Welding School, LLC, Walker · Structural welding · In person · No diploma needed
Earned a year, estimated$46,600
Price if you pay yourself$8,000
More details about Smaw Structural Welder I at Advanced Welding School, LLC
Finished
Not reported
Working at 6 months
Not reported
Earned in a quarter
$11,642
Length
8 weeks, 40 hours a week
Cost of supplies
$1,205
Students counted
229
a year, estimated
$46,600
price
$8,000
Pipe weldingIn personNo diploma needed
NCCER Pipefitting Level 2
River Parishes Community College, Gonzales
No diploma needed
River Parishes Community College, Gonzales · Pipe welding · In person · No diploma needed
Earned a year, estimated$48,500
Price if you pay yourself$1,150
Program website, NCCER Pipefitting Level 2 at River Parishes Community College
More details about NCCER Pipefitting Level 2 at River Parishes Community College
Finished
Not reported
Working at 6 months
Not reported
Earned in a quarter
$12,135
Length
14 weeks, 6 hours a week
Cost of supplies
$325
Students counted
119
a year, estimated
$48,500
price
$1,150
General weldingIn personNo diploma needed
Welding Technology
River Parishes Community College, Gonzales
No diploma needed
River Parishes Community College, Gonzales · General welding · In person · No diploma needed
Earned a year, estimated$48,500
Price if you pay yourself$8,081
Program website, Welding Technology at River Parishes Community College
More details about Welding Technology at River Parishes Community College
Finished
Not reported
Working at 6 months
Not reported
Earned in a quarter
$12,135
Length
64 weeks, 40 hours a week
Cost of supplies
$1,725
Students counted
119
a year, estimated
$48,500
price
$8,081
General weldingIn personNo diploma needed
AWS Welding
River Parishes Community College, Gonzales
No diploma needed
River Parishes Community College, Gonzales · General welding · In person · No diploma needed
Earned a year, estimatedNot reported
Price if you pay yourself$1,100
School website, AWS Welding at River Parishes Community College
More details about AWS Welding at River Parishes Community College
Finished
Not reported
Working at 6 months
Not reported
Earned in a quarter
Not reported
Length
18 weeks, 9 hours a week
Cost of supplies
$375
Students counted
Not reported
a year, estimated
Not reported
price
$1,100
Pipe weldingIn personPrerequisite courses
Gmaw/Fcaw Pipe Welder
Advanced Welding School, LLC, Walker
Prerequisite courses
Advanced Welding School, LLC, Walker · Pipe welding · In person · Prerequisite courses
Earned a year, estimatedNot reported
Price if you pay yourself$8,000
More details about Gmaw/Fcaw Pipe Welder at Advanced Welding School, LLC
Finished
Not reported
Working at 6 months
Not reported
Earned in a quarter
Not reported
Length
8 weeks, 40 hours a week
Cost of supplies
$1,205
Students counted
Not reported
a year, estimated
Not reported
price
$8,000
Single welding processIn personNo diploma needed
Gmaw/Fcaw Shop Welder I
Advanced Welding School, LLC, Walker
No diploma needed
Advanced Welding School, LLC, Walker · Single welding process · In person · No diploma needed
Earned a year, estimatedNot reported
Price if you pay yourself$8,000
More details about Gmaw/Fcaw Shop Welder I at Advanced Welding School, LLC
Finished
Not reported
Working at 6 months
Not reported
Earned in a quarter
Not reported
Length
8 weeks, 40 hours a week
Cost of supplies
$1,205
Students counted
Not reported
a year, estimated
Not reported
price
$8,000
Pipe weldingIn personNo diploma needed
SMAW Pipe Welder
Advanced Welding School, LLC, Walker
No diploma needed
Advanced Welding School, LLC, Walker · Pipe welding · In person · No diploma needed
Earned a year, estimatedNot reported
Price if you pay yourself$8,000
More details about SMAW Pipe Welder at Advanced Welding School, LLC
Finished
Not reported
Working at 6 months
Not reported
Earned in a quarter
Not reported
Length
8 weeks, 40 hours a week
Cost of supplies
$1,205
Students counted
Not reported
a year, estimated
Not reported
price
$8,000
Structural weldingIn personNo diploma needed
Smaw Structural Welder II
Advanced Welding School, LLC, Walker
No diploma needed
Advanced Welding School, LLC, Walker · Structural welding · In person · No diploma needed
Earned a year, estimatedNot reported
Price if you pay yourself$8,000
More details about Smaw Structural Welder II at Advanced Welding School, LLC
Finished
Not reported
Working at 6 months
Not reported
Earned in a quarter
Not reported
Length
8 weeks, 40 hours a week
Cost of supplies
$1,205
Students counted
Not reported
a year, estimated
Not reported
price
$8,000
Pipe weldingIn personPrerequisite courses
Gtaw Pipe Welder II
Advanced Welding School, LLC, Walker
Prerequisite courses
Advanced Welding School, LLC, Walker · Pipe welding · In person · Prerequisite courses
Earned a year, estimatedNot reported
Price if you pay yourself$9,000
More details about Gtaw Pipe Welder II at Advanced Welding School, LLC
Finished
Not reported
Working at 6 months
Not reported
Earned in a quarter
Not reported
Length
8 weeks, 40 hours a week
Cost of supplies
$1,205
Students counted
Not reported
a year, estimated
Not reported
price
$9,000
Structural weldingIn personNo diploma needed
Gtaw Structural Welder
Advanced Welding School, LLC, Walker
No diploma needed
Advanced Welding School, LLC, Walker · Structural welding · In person · No diploma needed
Earned a year, estimatedNot reported
Price if you pay yourself$9,000
More details about Gtaw Structural Welder at Advanced Welding School, LLC
Finished
Not reported
Working at 6 months
Not reported
Earned in a quarter
Not reported
Length
8 weeks, 40 hours a week
Cost of supplies
$1,205
Students counted
Not reported
a year, estimated
Not reported
price
$9,000
Pipe weldingIn personPrerequisite courses
Gtaw Pipe Exotic Welder
Advanced Welding School, LLC, Walker
Prerequisite courses
Advanced Welding School, LLC, Walker · Pipe welding · In person · Prerequisite courses
Earned a year, estimatedNot reported
Price if you pay yourself$12,000
More details about Gtaw Pipe Exotic Welder at Advanced Welding School, LLC
Finished
Not reported
Working at 6 months
Not reported
Earned in a quarter
Not reported
Length
8 weeks, 40 hours a week
Cost of supplies
$1,205
Students counted
Not reported
a year, estimated
Not reported
price
$12,000
Single welding processIn personNo diploma needed
Gmaw/Fcaw Shop Welder II
Advanced Welding School, LLC, Walker
No diploma needed
Advanced Welding School, LLC, Walker · Single welding process · In person · No diploma needed
Earned a year, estimatedNot reported
Price if you pay yourself$15,600
More details about Gmaw/Fcaw Shop Welder II at Advanced Welding School, LLC
Finished
Not reported
Working at 6 months
Not reported
Earned in a quarter
Not reported
Length
16 weeks, 40 hours a week
Cost of supplies
$1,205
Students counted
Not reported
a year, estimated
Not reported
price
$15,600
Single welding processIn personNo diploma needed
SMAW Welder
Advanced Welding School, LLC, Walker
No diploma needed
Advanced Welding School, LLC, Walker · Single welding process · In person · No diploma needed
Earned a year, estimatedNot reported
Price if you pay yourself$15,600
More details about SMAW Welder at Advanced Welding School, LLC
Finished
Not reported
Working at 6 months
Not reported
Earned in a quarter
Not reported
Length
16 weeks, 40 hours a week
Cost of supplies
$1,205
Students counted
Not reported
a year, estimated
Not reported
price
$15,600
General weldingIn personPrerequisite courses
Tacker
Advanced Welding School, LLC, Walker
Prerequisite courses
Advanced Welding School, LLC, Walker · General welding · In person · Prerequisite courses
Earned a year, estimatedNot reported
Price if you pay yourself$15,600
More details about Tacker at Advanced Welding School, LLC
Finished
Not reported
Working at 6 months
Not reported
Earned in a quarter
Not reported
Length
16 weeks, 40 hours a week
Cost of supplies
$1,205
Students counted
Not reported
a year, estimated
Not reported
price
$15,600
General weldingIn personNo diploma needed
Combo Welder I
Advanced Welding School, LLC, Walker
No diploma needed
Advanced Welding School, LLC, Walker · General welding · In person · No diploma needed
Earned a year, estimatedNot reported
Price if you pay yourself$23,700
More details about Combo Welder I at Advanced Welding School, LLC
Finished
Not reported
Working at 6 months
Not reported
Earned in a quarter
Not reported
Length
24 weeks, 40 hours a week
Cost of supplies
$1,205
Students counted
Not reported
a year, estimated
Not reported
price
$23,700
General weldingIn personNo diploma needed
Combo Welder II
Advanced Welding School, LLC, Walker
No diploma needed
Advanced Welding School, LLC, Walker · General welding · In person · No diploma needed
Earned a year, estimatedNot reported
Price if you pay yourself$31,350
More details about Combo Welder II at Advanced Welding School, LLC
Finished
Not reported
Working at 6 months
Not reported
Earned in a quarter
Not reported
Length
32 weeks, 40 hours a week
Cost of supplies
$1,205
Students counted
Not reported
a year, estimated
Not reported
price
$31,350
General weldingIn personNo diploma needed
Combo Welder III
Advanced Welding School, LLC, Walker
No diploma needed
Advanced Welding School, LLC, Walker · General welding · In person · No diploma needed
Earned a year, estimatedNot reported
Price if you pay yourself$31,350
More details about Combo Welder III at Advanced Welding School, LLC
Finished
Not reported
Working at 6 months
Not reported
Earned in a quarter
Not reported
Length
32 weeks, 40 hours a week
Cost of supplies
$1,205
Students counted
Not reported
a year, estimated
Not reported
price
$31,350
General weldingIn personNo diploma needed
Combo Welder III With Alloy
Advanced Welding School, LLC, Walker
No diploma needed
Advanced Welding School, LLC, Walker · General welding · In person · No diploma needed
Earned a year, estimatedNot reported
Price if you pay yourself$37,750
More details about Combo Welder III With Alloy at Advanced Welding School, LLC
Finished
Not reported
Working at 6 months
Not reported
Earned in a quarter
Not reported
Length
40 weeks, 40 hours a week
Cost of supplies
$1,205
Students counted
Not reported
a year, estimated
Not reported
price
$37,750

How to pay for welding classes in Baton Rouge

Workforce funding can pay for welding classes in Baton Rouge

Every program on this page is approved for public workforce funding, the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act. It can pay for training for eligible adults, people who lost their job and young people.²People on public assistance, with a low income or lacking basic skills come first, and veterans have priority.³

Ask at an American Job Center

Eligibility rules apply, and services vary from state to state. Your local American Job Center can tell you whether you qualify. The Department of Labor's page links to the center finder, or call 1-877-US-2JOBS (1-877-872-5627).⁴

Financial aid and grants for welding classes

Most students can get federal student aid for college, career school or trade school. A Federal Pell Grant, unlike a loan, usually doesn't have to be repaid. Ask the school whether its program qualifies.⁵⁶

GI Bill for welding classes

Veterans, service members and qualified dependents can use GI Bill benefits for non-college training programs.⁷

The program list does not show which programs accept these. Ask the school.

Where the Baton Rouge welding program numbers come from

Which Baton Rouge welding programs are on this list?

These are the welding programs with classes in the Baton Rouge area that are approved for public workforce funding (the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act), as reported to the US Department of Labor for program year 2024 (July 2024 to June 2025). The list covers programs approved as of June 30, 2025. Online programs are left out here; they are on the Louisiana page. Schools that never applied for approval are missing, so this is a part of what the area offers.

How Baton Rouge welding program prices are reported

The price is tuition and required fees for someone paying without workforce funding, as the school reported it. Prices under $100 are treated as not reported, because the file holds many blanks entered as $0. Check the current price with the school.

What the graduate results of these programs measure

The figures at the top of this page are the middle program among those that report results: half did better, half did worse. Results describe students who left each program in recent years: the share who finished, the share working in the second quarter after leaving, and the middle earnings of those working in that quarter. States report earnings for that one quarter because they take them from the wage reports employers file every three months. The yearly figure here is that quarter times four, rounded to the nearest $100: an estimate, and an early one, since it is measured about half a year after training. The quarter as reported is under "More details" on each program. Results are withheld for small programs, and they describe past students, so they are no guarantee.

Why do some welding programs say "Not reported"?

Where a school or the state left a field empty, or the Department of Labor withheld it, the page says "Not reported". Nothing here is estimated to fill a gap.

Why the kind of school is left off each program

The file also records whether a school is public, private or nonprofit, but those entries are wrong too often to print next to a school's name, so this page leaves them out.

How reliable are the Louisiana figures?

The US Department of Labor's own results site lists Louisiana among the states with "known data quality concerns".⁸ We leave out the share working 6 months later for Louisiana: most of its programs report exactly 100%, which no other state comes close to. We leave out the share who finished for Louisiana: half of its programs report exactly 100%.

Sources for the facts about welding classes in Baton Rouge

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Welding classes in Baton Rouge

How much do welding classes cost in Baton Rouge?

Are there free welding classes in Baton Rouge?

All 20 welding programs in Baton Rouge approved for funding

AWS Welding

Welding Technical Diploma

Smaw Structural Welder I

NCCER Pipefitting Level 2

Welding Technology

AWS Welding

Gmaw/Fcaw Pipe Welder

Gmaw/Fcaw Shop Welder I

SMAW Pipe Welder

Smaw Structural Welder II

Gtaw Pipe Welder II

Gtaw Structural Welder

Gtaw Pipe Exotic Welder

Gmaw/Fcaw Shop Welder II

SMAW Welder

Tacker

Combo Welder I

Combo Welder II

Combo Welder III

Combo Welder III With Alloy