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Journeyman Welder Gainful Employment Disclosure

 

Program Name: Journeyman Welder
Program Length: 30 Weeks/750 Clock Hours/27 Semester Credits/180 Additional Outside Clock Hours
U.S. Department of Education CIP Program Name: 51-4121 Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers
U.S. Department of Education CIP Program Description: Use hand-welding, flame-cutting, hand soldering, or brazing equipment to weld or join metal components or to fill holes, indentations, or seams of fabricated metal products.
Resources: Department of Labor Profile
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Data for 2009-2010 Springfield, IL East Peoria, IL Moline, IL
Completion Rate
  79% 81% N/A *
Tuition and Fees
Registration $100 $100 $100
Tuition $12,074 $12,074 $12,074
Books ** $146 $146 $146
Gear *** $155 $155 $155
Metals $1,425 $1,425 $1,425
Total $13,900 $13,900 $13,900
Job Placement
  80% 87% N/A *
Annual Graduate Salary
Low $18,200 $18,720 N/A *
Median $33,280 $28,821 N/A *
High $78,000 $45,760 N/A *

* Data is not available for 2009-2010 award year. Moline, IL campus opened in March of 2011.

 

** Required Books are as follows:

  • Welding Quality (Module 29104-03) , Prentice Hall/Pearson, 0-13-103202-x
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  • Joint Fit Up & Alignment (Module 29105), Prentice Hall/Pearson, 0-13-015228-5
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  • Preheat & Postweld Heat Treatment of Metals (Module 29204-09), Prentice Hall/Pearson, 978-0-13-214146-8

  • MTI/Delta National Center for Construction Education Research Contren Learning Series 6 Module Textbook, Prentice Hall/Pearson, 978-0-558-28494-7

*** Included gear is as follows:

  • Hood
  • Clear Lens
  • Channel Locks
  • Welding Cap
  • Bucket
  • File
  • Tillman Welding Kit (incl. the following)
    • Welding Gloves
    • Work Gloves
    • Leathers
    • Chipping Hammer
    • Wire Brush
    • Soap Stone
    • Safety Glasses

Accumulated Debt from Lending Institutions
Median Loan Debt Institutional Loan Debt Private Loan Debt
$5,374 $0 $0