2025 Best Welding Technology/Welder Schools in the Far Western US Region
4Colleges in the Far Western US Region
3,838Wielding Degrees Awarded
If you plan on majoring in welding technology/welder, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #215 in the country in terms of popularity. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.
College Factual reviewed 4 schools in the Far Western US Region to determine which ones were the best for degree seekers in the field of welding technology/welder. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 3,838 degrees in welding technology/welder annually.
Your choice of welding technology/welder school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for welding technology/welder schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
Welding Technology/Welder Rankings by Degree Level
When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Welding Technology/Welder Schools in the Far Western US Region list to help you make the college decision.
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Best Schools for Welding Technology/Welder in the Far Western US Region
If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the wielding degrees they offer, see the list below.
Portland Community College is a good choice for students pursuing a degree in welding technology/welder. Located in the large city of Portland, Portland Community College is a public college with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #381 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Portland Community College is a great college overall.
There were about 104 welding technology/welder students who graduated with this degree at Portland Community College in the most recent year we have data available.
Every student who is interested in welding technology/welder needs to look into Lake Washington Institute of Technology. LWTech is a small public school located in the large suburb of Kirkland. A Best Colleges rank of #370 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means LWTech is a great school overall.
There were roughly 60 welding technology/welder students who graduated with this degree at LWTech in the most recent year we have data available.
Linn-Benton Community College is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a degree in welding technology/welder. Located in the small city of Albany, LBCC is a public college with a small student population. This college ranks 27th out of 29 schools for overall quality in the state of Oregon.
There were approximately 24 welding technology/welder students who graduated with this degree at LBCC in the most recent data year.
Olympic College is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a degree in welding technology/welder. Located in the small city of Bremerton, OC is a public college with a medium-sized student population. This college ranks 31st out of 50 schools for overall quality in the state of Washington.
There were roughly 62 welding technology/welder students who graduated with this degree at OC in the most recent year we have data available.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
Your choice of welding technology/welder school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for welding technology/welder schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.