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Welding classes in Puerto Rico

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

3 schools offer these welding programs, and Puerto Rico 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 Puerto Rico, every program asks for a diploma or other schooling first.

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How much do welding classes cost in Puerto Rico?

$7,825 to $14,000

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 Puerto Rico may also offer welding classes. How these figures are made

Are there free welding classes in Puerto Rico?

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

Welding classes in San Juan, Guayama and other Puerto Rico cities

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All 3 welding programs in Puerto Rico approved for funding

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3 programs

  • General weldingIn personHigh school diploma or equivalent

    Basic Welding

    Colegio Mayor de Tecnologia, Arroyo

    High school diploma or equivalent

    Colegio Mayor de Tecnologia, Arroyo · General welding · In person · High school diploma or equivalent

    Earned a year, estimated$13,300
    Price if you pay yourself$7,825
    Program website, Basic Welding at Colegio Mayor de Tecnologia
    More details about Basic Welding at Colegio Mayor de Tecnologia
    Finished
    50%
    Working at 6 months
    Not reported
    Earned in a quarter
    $3,315
    Length
    40 weeks, 23 hours a week
    Cost of supplies
    $250
    Students counted
    164
    a year, estimated
    $13,300
    price
    $7,825

  • General weldingIn personHigh school diploma or equivalent

    Tecología en Soldadura Industrial

    Mech Tech Collegue LLC, Caguas

    High school diploma or equivalent

    Mech Tech Collegue LLC, Caguas · General welding · In person · High school diploma or equivalent

    Earned a year, estimatedNot reported
    Price if you pay yourself$12,170
    Program website, Tecología en Soldadura Industrial at Mech Tech Collegue LLC
    More details about Tecología en Soldadura Industrial at Mech Tech Collegue LLC
    Finished
    73%
    Working at 6 months
    Not reported
    Earned in a quarter
    Not reported
    Length
    48 weeks, 20 hours a week
    Cost of supplies
    $2,051
    Students counted
    140
    a year, estimated
    Not reported
    price
    $12,170

  • Pipe weldingIn personHigh school diploma or equivalent

    Structural, Industrial and Pipe Welding

    Central Community College, Las Piedras

    High school diploma or equivalent

    Central Community College, Las Piedras · Pipe welding · In person · High school diploma or equivalent

    Earned a year, estimated$12,900
    Price if you pay yourself$14,000
    Program website, Structural, Industrial and Pipe Welding at Central Community College
    More details about Structural, Industrial and Pipe Welding at Central Community College
    Finished
    96%
    Working at 6 months
    Not reported
    Earned in a quarter
    $3,225
    Length
    34 weeks, 21 hours a week
    Cost of supplies
    None listed
    Students counted
    120
    a year, estimated
    $12,900
    price
    $14,000

How to pay for welding classes in Puerto Rico

Workforce funding can pay for welding classes in Puerto Rico

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 Puerto Rico welding program numbers come from

Which Puerto Rico welding programs are on this list?

These are the welding programs Puerto Rico 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 Puerto Rico offers.

How Puerto Rico 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 Puerto Rico figures?

The US Department of Labor's own results site lists Puerto Rico among the states with "known data quality concerns".8 We leave out the share working 6 months later for Puerto Rico: every program that reports it reports exactly 100%.

Sources for the facts about welding classes in Puerto Rico

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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
  8. US Department of Labor, TrainingProviderResults.gov: search page, note on states with known data quality concerns