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Welding classes in Aberdeen

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

1 school offers these welding programs with classes in the Aberdeen 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 Aberdeen, every program asks for a diploma or other schooling first.

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All 92 welding programs in Washington, including online programs

How much do welding classes cost in Aberdeen?

$2,931 to $18,631

from the lowest-priced program to the highest, if you pay yourself

Finished the program
86%
Working 6 months later
Not reported
Earned a year, estimated
Not reported
Length
22 to 48 weeks

Source: US Department of Labor, program year 2024 (July 2024 to June 2025). How these figures are made

Are there free welding classes in Aberdeen?

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

All 11 welding programs in Aberdeen approved for funding

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11 programs

  • General weldingIn personPrerequisite courses

    Welding Basics Level 1

    Grays Harbor College, Aberdeen

    Prerequisite courses

    Grays Harbor College, Aberdeen · General welding · In person · Prerequisite courses

    Earned a year, estimatedNot reported
    Price if you pay yourself$2,931
    Program website, Welding Basics Level 1 at Grays Harbor College
    More details about Welding Basics Level 1 at Grays Harbor College
    Finished
    86%
    Working at 6 months
    Not reported
    Earned in a quarter
    Not reported
    Length
    30 weeks, 17 hours a week
    Cost of supplies
    $2,100
    Students counted
    11
    a year, estimated
    Not reported
    price
    $2,931

  • Pipe weldingIn personPrerequisite courses

    All Position Pipe Welding

    Grays Harbor College, Aberdeen

    Prerequisite courses

    Grays Harbor College, Aberdeen · Pipe welding · In person · Prerequisite courses

    Earned a year, estimatedNot reported
    Price if you pay yourself$4,014
    Program website, All Position Pipe Welding at Grays Harbor College
    More details about All Position Pipe Welding at Grays Harbor College
    Finished
    86%
    Working at 6 months
    Not reported
    Earned in a quarter
    Not reported
    Length
    22 weeks, 40 hours a week
    Cost of supplies
    $2,100
    Students counted
    11
    a year, estimated
    Not reported
    price
    $4,014

  • General weldingIn personPrerequisite courses

    Industrial Welding

    Grays Harbor College, Aberdeen

    Prerequisite courses

    Grays Harbor College, Aberdeen · General welding · In person · Prerequisite courses

    Earned a year, estimatedNot reported
    Price if you pay yourself$4,014
    Program website, Industrial Welding at Grays Harbor College
    More details about Industrial Welding at Grays Harbor College
    Finished
    86%
    Working at 6 months
    Not reported
    Earned in a quarter
    Not reported
    Length
    22 weeks, 40 hours a week
    Cost of supplies
    $2,100
    Students counted
    11
    a year, estimated
    Not reported
    price
    $4,014

  • Pipe weldingIn personPrerequisite courses

    Open Root Pipe Welding

    Grays Harbor College, Aberdeen

    Prerequisite courses

    Grays Harbor College, Aberdeen · Pipe welding · In person · Prerequisite courses

    Earned a year, estimatedNot reported
    Price if you pay yourself$4,014
    Program website, Open Root Pipe Welding at Grays Harbor College
    More details about Open Root Pipe Welding at Grays Harbor College
    Finished
    86%
    Working at 6 months
    Not reported
    Earned in a quarter
    Not reported
    Length
    22 weeks, 40 hours a week
    Cost of supplies
    $2,100
    Students counted
    11
    a year, estimated
    Not reported
    price
    $4,014

  • Pipe weldingIn personPrerequisite courses

    Pipe Welding Basics

    Grays Harbor College, Aberdeen

    Prerequisite courses

    Grays Harbor College, Aberdeen · Pipe welding · In person · Prerequisite courses

    Earned a year, estimatedNot reported
    Price if you pay yourself$4,014
    Program website, Pipe Welding Basics at Grays Harbor College
    More details about Pipe Welding Basics at Grays Harbor College
    Finished
    86%
    Working at 6 months
    Not reported
    Earned in a quarter
    Not reported
    Length
    22 weeks, 40 hours a week
    Cost of supplies
    $2,100
    Students counted
    11
    a year, estimated
    Not reported
    price
    $4,014

  • General weldingIn personPrerequisite courses

    Welding Basics Level 2

    Grays Harbor College, Aberdeen

    Prerequisite courses

    Grays Harbor College, Aberdeen · General welding · In person · Prerequisite courses

    Earned a year, estimatedNot reported
    Price if you pay yourself$4,936
    Program website, Welding Basics Level 2 at Grays Harbor College
    More details about Welding Basics Level 2 at Grays Harbor College
    Finished
    86%
    Working at 6 months
    Not reported
    Earned in a quarter
    Not reported
    Length
    30 weeks, 35 hours a week
    Cost of supplies
    $2,300
    Students counted
    11
    a year, estimated
    Not reported
    price
    $4,936

  • General weldingIn personHigh school diploma or equivalent

    Related Welding Technology

    Grays Harbor College, Aberdeen

    High school diploma or equivalent

    Grays Harbor College, Aberdeen · General welding · In person · High school diploma or equivalent

    Earned a year, estimatedNot reported
    Price if you pay yourself$5,132
    Program website, Related Welding Technology at Grays Harbor College
    More details about Related Welding Technology at Grays Harbor College
    Finished
    86%
    Working at 6 months
    Not reported
    Earned in a quarter
    Not reported
    Length
    30 weeks, 28 hours a week
    Cost of supplies
    $2,300
    Students counted
    11
    a year, estimated
    Not reported
    price
    $5,132

  • General weldingIn personHigh school diploma or equivalent

    Welding Technology

    Grays Harbor College, Aberdeen

    High school diploma or equivalent

    Grays Harbor College, Aberdeen · General welding · In person · High school diploma or equivalent

    Earned a year, estimatedNot reported
    Price if you pay yourself$6,591
    Program website, Welding Technology at Grays Harbor College
    More details about Welding Technology at Grays Harbor College
    Finished
    86%
    Working at 6 months
    Not reported
    Earned in a quarter
    Not reported
    Length
    30 weeks, 50 hours a week
    Cost of supplies
    $2,400
    Students counted
    11
    a year, estimated
    Not reported
    price
    $6,591

  • Welding (associate degree)In personHigh school diploma or equivalent

    Welding Technology - Structural Welding Option

    Grays Harbor College, Aberdeen

    High school diploma or equivalent

    Grays Harbor College, Aberdeen · Welding (associate degree) · In person · High school diploma or equivalent

    Earned a year, estimatedNot reported
    Price if you pay yourself$14,617
    Program website, Welding Technology - Structural Welding Option at Grays Harbor College
    More details about Welding Technology - Structural Welding Option at Grays Harbor College
    Finished
    86%
    Working at 6 months
    Not reported
    Earned in a quarter
    Not reported
    Length
    65 weeks, 50 hours a week
    Cost of supplies
    $3,600
    Students counted
    11
    a year, estimated
    Not reported
    price
    $14,617

  • Welding (associate degree)In personHigh school diploma or equivalent

    Construction Welding

    Grays Harbor College, Aberdeen

    High school diploma or equivalent

    Grays Harbor College, Aberdeen · Welding (associate degree) · In person · High school diploma or equivalent

    Earned a year, estimatedNot reported
    Price if you pay yourself$17,847
    Program website, Construction Welding at Grays Harbor College
    More details about Construction Welding at Grays Harbor College
    Finished
    86%
    Working at 6 months
    Not reported
    Earned in a quarter
    Not reported
    Length
    70 weeks, 7 hours a week
    Cost of supplies
    None listed
    Students counted
    11
    a year, estimated
    Not reported
    price
    $17,847

  • Welding (associate degree)In personHigh school diploma or equivalent

    Welding Technology - Pipe Welding Option

    Grays Harbor College, Aberdeen

    High school diploma or equivalent

    Grays Harbor College, Aberdeen · Welding (associate degree) · In person · High school diploma or equivalent

    Earned a year, estimatedNot reported
    Price if you pay yourself$18,631
    Program website, Welding Technology - Pipe Welding Option at Grays Harbor College
    More details about Welding Technology - Pipe Welding Option at Grays Harbor College
    Finished
    86%
    Working at 6 months
    Not reported
    Earned in a quarter
    Not reported
    Length
    75 weeks, 50 hours a week
    Cost of supplies
    $4,200
    Students counted
    11
    a year, estimated
    Not reported
    price
    $18,631

How to pay for welding classes in Aberdeen

Workforce funding can pay for welding classes in Aberdeen

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 Aberdeen welding program numbers come from

Which Aberdeen welding programs are on this list?

These are the welding programs with classes in the Aberdeen 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 Washington page. Schools that never applied for approval are missing, so this is a part of what the area offers.

How Aberdeen 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 Aberdeen

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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