2025 Best Welding Technology/Welder Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region
11
Colleges in the Southwest Region
748
Associate Degrees
Ranked #51 in popularity,
welding technology/welder is one of the most sought-after associate degree programs in the nation. This means there are lots of options to choose from when you decide to get your degree.
College Factual reviewed 11 schools in the Southwest Region to determine which ones were the best for associate degree seekers in the field of welding technology/welder. Combined, these schools handed out 748 associate degrees in welding technology/welder to qualified students.
What's on this page: * Our Methodology
Choosing a Great Welding Technology/Welder School for Your Associate Degree
Your choice of welding technology/welder for getting your associate degree school matters. Important measures of a quality wielding program can vary widely even among the top schools. To make it into this list, a school must excel in the following areas.
A Great Overall School
A school that excels in educating for a particular major and degree level must be a great school overall as well. To account for this we consider a college's overall Best Colleges ranking which itself looks at a host of various factors like degree completion, educational resources, student body caliber and post-graduation earnings for the school as a whole.
Other Factors We Consider
The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.
- Major Focus - How much a school focuses on welding technology/welder students vs. other majors.
- Major Demand - How many other welding technology/welder students want to attend this school to pursue a associate degree.
- Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
- Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized welding technology/welder related body.
Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for welding technology/welder students working on their associate degree.
One Size Does Not Fit All
Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Welding Technology/Welder Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list, to help you choose the best school for you.