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Welding schools in Arizona
Arizona has 15 accredited campuses awarding welding credentials. If you finish and work as a welder in Arizona, expect to start around $39,970–$48,000 and reach a median of $55,600 with experience; the top quarter earn $65,660 or more (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, May 2025, Arizona). Graduates of these Arizona programs — every graduate, whatever job they took — earned a median of $32,112 in their first year, against $34,154 nationally; that is the figure used to rank campuses below.
What welders, cutters, solderers and brazers earn in Arizona
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025; 7,270 employed in Arizona. National median: $53,750.
Campuses in Arizona, ranked by what their graduates earned
Cities: AvondaleCoolidgeGlendaleHolbrookKingmanMesaPhoenixPrescottSierra VistaThatcherTucsonYuma
| Campus | City | Type | Grads / yr | Earnings, yr 1 | Program debt | Completion | Cost / yr |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Universal Technical Institute of Arizona Inc | Avondale | for-profit | 174 | $35,637 | $9,500 | 70% | $34,808 |
| Pima Community College | Tucson | Public | 25 | $33,628 | not reported | 28% | not reported |
| East Valley Institute of Technology | Mesa | Public | 35 | $32,112 | not reported | 68% | not reported |
| Miller-Motte College-Arizona Automotive Institute | Glendale | for-profit | 78 | $31,614 | $13,000 | 61% | $26,362 |
| GateWay Community College-Central City | Phoenix | Public | 16 | $29,515 | not reported | 55% | $17,257 |
| Refrigeration School Inc | Phoenix | for-profit | 258 | not reported | $7,917 | 76% | $34,618 |
| Northland Pioneer College | Holbrook | Public | 188 | not reported | not reported | not reported | not reported |
| Mesa Community College | Mesa | Public | 120 | not reported | not reported | not reported | not reported |
| Yavapai College | Prescott | Public | 86 | not reported | not reported | not reported | not reported |
| Mohave Community College | Kingman | Public | 58 | not reported | not reported | 38% | not reported |
| Western Maricopa Education Center | Glendale | Public | 45 | not reported | not reported | not reported | not reported |
| Central Arizona College | Coolidge | Public | 28 | not reported | not reported | 27% | not reported |
| Eastern Arizona College | Thatcher | Public | 28 | not reported | not reported | not reported | not reported |
| Cochise County Community College District | Sierra Vista | Public | 23 | not reported | not reported | not reported | not reported |
| Arizona Western College | Yuma | Public | 17 | not reported | not reported | 20% | not reported |
Earnings are median wages and self-employment income reported to the IRS (W-2 and Schedule SE) for graduates who received federal aid and were working and not enrolled, measured in the calendar year after finishing. They are pay only: health insurance, retirement contributions and other benefits are not included.
Ranked by median earnings of this program's graduates one year after completion (College Scorecard field-of-study, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) 2022-23 Completions survey; College Scorecard June 2026; Database of Accredited Postsecondary Institutions and Programs (DAPIP), September 2026); campuses without a reported figure follow, by credentials awarded. "Program debt" is the median federal loan debt for graduates of this program at this campus. Completion is the campus-wide 150%-of-time rate. "Not reported" means the federal file suppresses the value for privacy.