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Welding schools in Kansas
Kansas has 25 accredited campuses awarding welding credentials. If you finish and work as a welder in Kansas, expect to start around $37,790–$45,210 and reach a median of $49,410 with experience; the top quarter earn $59,200 or more (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, May 2025, Kansas). Graduates of these Kansas programs — every graduate, whatever job they took — earned a median of $32,437 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 Kansas
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025; 6,370 employed in Kansas. National median: $53,750.
Campuses in Kansas, ranked by what their graduates earned
Cities: AndoverArkansas CityBeloitChanuteCoffeyvilleColbyConcordiaDodge CityEl DoradoEmporiaFort ScottGarden CityGoodlandGreat BendHighlandHutchinsonKansas CityLiberalManhattanOverland ParkParsonsPrattSalinaTopekaWichita
| Campus | City | Type | Grads / yr | Earnings, yr 1 | Program debt | Completion | Cost / yr |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wichita State University-Campus of Applied Sciences and Technology | Wichita | Public | 195 | $34,295 | $4,432 | 43% | not reported |
| Coffeyville Community College | Coffeyville | Public | 18 | $30,579 | not reported | 38% | not reported |
| Washburn Institute of Technology | Topeka | Public | 100 | $27,682 | $8,250 | 68% | not reported |
| Neosho County Community College | Chanute | Public | 134 | not reported | not reported | 34% | not reported |
| Cowley County Community College | Arkansas City | Public | 85 | not reported | not reported | 45% | not reported |
| Northwest Kansas Technical College | Goodland | Public | 73 | not reported | not reported | 73% | $22,340 |
| Johnson County Community College | Overland Park | Public | 53 | not reported | not reported | 31% | not reported |
| Barton County Community College | Great Bend | Public | 51 | not reported | not reported | 33% | not reported |
| Fort Scott Community College | Fort Scott | Public | 47 | not reported | not reported | 35% | not reported |
| Kansas City Kansas Community College | Kansas City | Public | 44 | not reported | not reported | 42% | not reported |
| Hutchinson Community College | Hutchinson | Public | 42 | not reported | not reported | 54% | not reported |
| Salina Area Technical College | Salina | Public | 41 | not reported | not reported | 68% | not reported |
| Heartland Welding Academy | Andover | for-profit | 39 | not reported | not reported | 92% | $22,478 |
| Manhattan Area Technical College | Manhattan | Public | 39 | not reported | $5,500 | 74% | not reported |
| Garden City Community College | Garden City | Public | 35 | not reported | not reported | 50% | not reported |
| Flint Hills Technical College | Emporia | Public | 30 | not reported | not reported | 68% | not reported |
| Labette Community College | Parsons | Public | 29 | not reported | not reported | 24% | not reported |
| Colby Community College | Colby | Public | 27 | not reported | not reported | 55% | not reported |
| North Central Kansas Technical College | Beloit | Public | 26 | not reported | not reported | 78% | not reported |
| Highland Community College | Highland | Public | 25 | not reported | not reported | 39% | not reported |
| Pratt Community College | Pratt | Public | 17 | not reported | not reported | 45% | not reported |
| Butler Community College | El Dorado | Public | 15 | not reported | not reported | 32% | not reported |
| Seward County Community College | Liberal | Public | 12 | not reported | not reported | 50% | not reported |
| Dodge City Community College | Dodge City | Public | 9 | not reported | not reported | 35% | not reported |
| Cloud County Community College | Concordia | Public | 2 | not reported | not reported | 55% | 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.