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Welding classes in Montana

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

3 schools offer these welding programs, and Montana has approved every one 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 Montana, 4 of the 4 programs take students without a high school diploma.

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How much do welding classes cost in Montana?

$4,913 to $20,175

is what the 3 programs with a price cost if you pay yourself

Finished the program
Not reported
Working 6 months later
Not reported
Earned a year, estimated
Not reported
Length
Not reported for most programs

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

Are there free welding classes in Montana?

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

All 4 welding programs in Montana approved for funding

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4 programs

  • General weldingIn personNo diploma needed

    Welding Technology CAS

    Msu - Northern, Havre

    No diploma needed

    Msu - Northern, Havre · General welding · In person · No diploma needed

    Earned a year, estimated$48,300
    Price if you pay yourselfNot reported
    Program website, Welding Technology CAS at Msu - Northern
    More details about Welding Technology CAS at Msu - Northern
    Finished
    100%
    Working at 6 months
    65%
    Earned in a quarter
    $12,085
    Length
    30 weeks, 31 hours a week
    Cost of supplies
    Not reported
    Students counted
    17
    a year, estimated
    $48,300
    price
    Not reported

  • Welding and fabricationIn personNo diploma needed

    Welding & Metal Fabrication

    Msu - Billings/City College, Billings

    No diploma needed

    Msu - Billings/City College, Billings · Welding and fabrication · In person · No diploma needed

    Earned a year, estimated$37,800
    Price if you pay yourself$6,390
    Program website, Welding & Metal Fabrication at Msu - Billings/City College
    More details about Welding & Metal Fabrication at Msu - Billings/City College
    Finished
    100%
    Working at 6 months
    85%
    Earned in a quarter
    $9,450
    Length
    30 weeks, 40 hours a week
    Cost of supplies
    None listed
    Students counted
    11
    a year, estimated
    $37,800
    price
    $6,390

  • General weldingIn personNo diploma needed

    CTS Welding, Tier III

    Dawson Community College, Glendive

    No diploma needed

    Dawson Community College, Glendive · General welding · In person · No diploma needed

    Earned a year, estimatedNot reported
    Price if you pay yourself$4,913
    Program website, CTS Welding, Tier III at Dawson Community College
    More details about CTS Welding, Tier III at Dawson Community College
    Finished
    Not reported
    Working at 6 months
    Not reported
    Earned in a quarter
    Not reported
    Length
    15 weeks, 15 hours a week
    Cost of supplies
    None listed
    Students counted
    Not reported
    a year, estimated
    Not reported
    price
    $4,913

  • Welding (associate degree)In personNo diploma needed

    AAS Welding Technology

    Dawson Community College, Glendive

    No diploma needed

    Dawson Community College, Glendive · Welding (associate degree) · In person · No diploma needed

    Earned a year, estimatedNot reported
    Price if you pay yourself$20,175
    Program website, AAS Welding Technology at Dawson Community College
    More details about AAS Welding Technology at Dawson Community College
    Finished
    Not reported
    Working at 6 months
    Not reported
    Earned in a quarter
    Not reported
    Length
    60 weeks, 50 hours a week
    Cost of supplies
    None listed
    Students counted
    Not reported
    a year, estimated
    Not reported
    price
    $20,175

How to pay for welding classes in Montana

Workforce funding can pay for welding classes in Montana

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 Montana welding program numbers come from

Which Montana welding programs are on this list?

These are the welding programs Montana 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. Schools that never applied for approval are missing, so this is a part of what Montana offers.

How Montana 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.

Sources for the facts about welding classes in Montana

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  1. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Outlook Handbook: Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers
  2. US Department of Labor, TrainingProviderResults.gov: About This Site
  3. US Department of Labor: WIOA Adult Program
  4. US Department of Labor: American Job Centers
  5. US Department of Education, Federal Student Aid: Eligibility for Federal Student Aid
  6. US Department of Education, Federal Student Aid: Don't Miss Out on Federal Pell Grants
  7. US Department of Veterans Affairs: GI Bill benefits for non-college degree programs