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Welding classes in Dayton

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

3 schools offer these welding programs with classes in the Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek 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 Dayton, 9 of the 12 programs take students without a high school diploma.

See the 12 programs

All 132 welding programs in Ohio, including online programs

How much do welding classes cost in Dayton?

$932 to $4,684

is what most programs cost if you pay yourself

All 12 programs with a price: $760 to $23,525

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). How these figures are made

Are there free welding classes in Dayton?

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

All 12 welding programs in Dayton approved for funding

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12 programs

  • General weldingIn personHigh school diploma or equivalent

    Pathways Welding Program

    Hobart Institute of Welding Technology, Troy

    High school diploma or equivalent

    Hobart Institute of Welding Technology, Troy · General welding · In person · High school diploma or equivalent

    Earned a year, estimated$19,500
    Price if you pay yourself$23,525
    Program website, Pathways Welding Program at Hobart Institute of Welding Technology
    More details about Pathways Welding Program at Hobart Institute of Welding Technology
    Finished
    93%
    Working at 6 months
    94%
    Earned in a quarter
    $4,870
    Length
    Not reported
    Cost of supplies
    $1,465
    Students counted
    576
    a year, estimated
    $19,500
    price
    $23,525

  • Structural weldingIn personHigh school diploma or equivalent

    Structural Welding Program

    Hobart Institute of Welding Technology, Troy

    High school diploma or equivalent

    Hobart Institute of Welding Technology, Troy · Structural welding · In person · High school diploma or equivalent

    Earned a year, estimated$22,500
    Price if you pay yourself$14,325
    Program website, Structural Welding Program at Hobart Institute of Welding Technology
    More details about Structural Welding Program at Hobart Institute of Welding Technology
    Finished
    85%
    Working at 6 months
    85%
    Earned in a quarter
    $5,625
    Length
    Not reported
    Cost of supplies
    $1,154
    Students counted
    143
    a year, estimated
    $22,500
    price
    $14,325

  • Single welding processIn personNo diploma needed

    Mig Welding 1

    Miami Valley Career Technology Center, Clayton

    No diploma needed

    Miami Valley Career Technology Center, Clayton · Single welding process · In person · No diploma needed

    Earned a year, estimatedNot reported
    Price if you pay yourself$760
    More details about Mig Welding 1 at Miami Valley Career Technology Center
    Finished
    Not reported
    Working at 6 months
    Not reported
    Earned in a quarter
    Not reported
    Length
    Not reported
    Cost of supplies
    None listed
    Students counted
    Not reported
    a year, estimated
    Not reported
    price
    $760

  • Single welding processIn personNo diploma needed

    Shielded Metal Arc Welding 1

    Miami Valley Career Technology Center, Clayton

    No diploma needed

    Miami Valley Career Technology Center, Clayton · Single welding process · In person · No diploma needed

    Earned a year, estimatedNot reported
    Price if you pay yourself$760
    More details about Shielded Metal Arc Welding 1 at Miami Valley Career Technology Center
    Finished
    Not reported
    Working at 6 months
    Not reported
    Earned in a quarter
    Not reported
    Length
    Not reported
    Cost of supplies
    None listed
    Students counted
    Not reported
    a year, estimated
    Not reported
    price
    $760

  • Single welding processIn personNo diploma needed

    Tig Welding 1

    Miami Valley Career Technology Center, Clayton

    No diploma needed

    Miami Valley Career Technology Center, Clayton · Single welding process · In person · No diploma needed

    Earned a year, estimatedNot reported
    Price if you pay yourself$760
    More details about Tig Welding 1 at Miami Valley Career Technology Center
    Finished
    Not reported
    Working at 6 months
    Not reported
    Earned in a quarter
    Not reported
    Length
    Not reported
    Cost of supplies
    None listed
    Students counted
    Not reported
    a year, estimated
    Not reported
    price
    $760

  • Single welding processIn personNo diploma needed

    Mig Welding 2

    Miami Valley Career Technology Center, Clayton

    No diploma needed

    Miami Valley Career Technology Center, Clayton · Single welding process · In person · No diploma needed

    Earned a year, estimatedNot reported
    Price if you pay yourself$990
    More details about Mig Welding 2 at Miami Valley Career Technology Center
    Finished
    Not reported
    Working at 6 months
    Not reported
    Earned in a quarter
    Not reported
    Length
    Not reported
    Cost of supplies
    None listed
    Students counted
    Not reported
    a year, estimated
    Not reported
    price
    $990

  • Single welding processIn personNo diploma needed

    Tig Welding 2

    Miami Valley Career Technology Center, Clayton

    No diploma needed

    Miami Valley Career Technology Center, Clayton · Single welding process · In person · No diploma needed

    Earned a year, estimatedNot reported
    Price if you pay yourself$990
    More details about Tig Welding 2 at Miami Valley Career Technology Center
    Finished
    Not reported
    Working at 6 months
    Not reported
    Earned in a quarter
    Not reported
    Length
    Not reported
    Cost of supplies
    None listed
    Students counted
    Not reported
    a year, estimated
    Not reported
    price
    $990

  • Single welding processIn personNo diploma needed

    Shielded Metal Arc Welding 2

    Miami Valley Career Technology Center, Clayton

    No diploma needed

    Miami Valley Career Technology Center, Clayton · Single welding process · In person · No diploma needed

    Earned a year, estimatedNot reported
    Price if you pay yourself$1,060
    More details about Shielded Metal Arc Welding 2 at Miami Valley Career Technology Center
    Finished
    Not reported
    Working at 6 months
    Not reported
    Earned in a quarter
    Not reported
    Length
    Not reported
    Cost of supplies
    None listed
    Students counted
    Not reported
    a year, estimated
    Not reported
    price
    $1,060

  • General weldingIn personNo diploma needed

    Basic Welding

    Miami Valley Career Technology Center, Clayton

    No diploma needed

    Miami Valley Career Technology Center, Clayton · General welding · In person · No diploma needed

    Earned a year, estimatedNot reported
    Price if you pay yourself$1,950
    More details about Basic Welding at Miami Valley Career Technology Center
    Finished
    Not reported
    Working at 6 months
    Not reported
    Earned in a quarter
    Not reported
    Length
    Not reported
    Cost of supplies
    None listed
    Students counted
    Not reported
    a year, estimated
    Not reported
    price
    $1,950

  • General weldingIn personNo diploma needed

    Advanced Welding

    Miami Valley Career Technology Center, Clayton

    No diploma needed

    Miami Valley Career Technology Center, Clayton · General welding · In person · No diploma needed

    Earned a year, estimatedNot reported
    Price if you pay yourself$2,100
    More details about Advanced Welding at Miami Valley Career Technology Center
    Finished
    Not reported
    Working at 6 months
    Not reported
    Earned in a quarter
    Not reported
    Length
    Not reported
    Cost of supplies
    None listed
    Students counted
    Not reported
    a year, estimated
    Not reported
    price
    $2,100

  • Welding inspectionIn personNo diploma needed

    Preparation for AWS Welding Inspector/Educator (CWI/CWE) Examination

    Hobart Institute of Welding Technology, Troy

    No diploma needed

    Hobart Institute of Welding Technology, Troy · Welding inspection · In person · No diploma needed

    Earned a year, estimatedNot reported
    Price if you pay yourself$3,155
    Program website, Preparation for AWS Welding Inspector/Educator (CWI/CWE) Examination at Hobart Institute of Welding Technology
    More details about Preparation for AWS Welding Inspector/Educator (CWI/CWE) Examination at Hobart Institute of Welding Technology
    Finished
    Not reported
    Working at 6 months
    Not reported
    Earned in a quarter
    Not reported
    Length
    Not reported
    Cost of supplies
    $576
    Students counted
    Not reported
    a year, estimated
    Not reported
    price
    $3,155

  • Welding and fabricationIn personHigh school diploma or equivalent

    Welding Fabrication and Allied Processes

    Upper Valley Career Center, Piqua

    High school diploma or equivalent

    Upper Valley Career Center, Piqua · Welding and fabrication · In person · High school diploma or equivalent

    Earned a year, estimatedNot reported
    Price if you pay yourself$9,269
    Program website, Welding Fabrication and Allied Processes at Upper Valley Career Center
    More details about Welding Fabrication and Allied Processes at Upper Valley Career Center
    Finished
    Not reported
    Working at 6 months
    Not reported
    Earned in a quarter
    Not reported
    Length
    Not reported
    Cost of supplies
    $344
    Students counted
    Not reported
    a year, estimated
    Not reported
    price
    $9,269

How to pay for welding classes in Dayton

Workforce funding can pay for welding classes in Dayton

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 Dayton welding program numbers come from

Which Dayton welding programs are on this list?

These are the welding programs with classes in the Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek 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 Ohio page. Schools that never applied for approval are missing, so this is a part of what the area offers.

How Dayton 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 Dayton

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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