2025 Best Welding Technology/Welder Schools in the Southeast Region
8Colleges in the Southeast Region
17,652Wielding 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.
For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 8 schools in the Southeast Region to determine which ones were the best for welding technology/welder students pursuing a degree. Combined, these schools handed out 17,652 degrees in welding technology/welder to qualified students.
The wielding program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Welding Technology/Welder rankings. 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.
In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.
The wielding school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Welding Technology/Welder Schools in the Southeast Region.
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Best Schools for Welding Technology/Welder in the Southeast 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.
Gateway Community and Technical College is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a degree in welding technology/welder. Gateway is a small public college located in the suburb of Florence. A Best Colleges rank of #1621 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Gateway is a great college overall.
There were approximately 342 welding technology/welder students who graduated with this degree at Gateway in the most recent year we have data available.
Elizabethtown Community and Technical College is a wonderful option for students interested in a degree in welding technology/welder. Elizabethtown Community and Technical College is a medium-sized public college located in the city of Elizabethtown. This college ranks 21st out of 39 schools for overall quality in the state of Kentucky.
There were about 161 welding technology/welder students who graduated with this degree at Elizabethtown Community and Technical College in the most recent year we have data available.
Every student who is interested in welding technology/welder needs to check out Central Piedmont Community College. Located in the city of Charlotte, Central Piedmont Community College is a public college with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #572 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Central Piedmont Community College is a great college overall.
There were roughly 137 welding technology/welder students who graduated with this degree at Central Piedmont Community College in the most recent year we have data available.
East Mississippi Community College is a good option for students interested in a degree in welding technology/welder. EMCC is a small public college located in the remote area of Scooba. This college ranks 19th out of 24 colleges for overall quality in the state of Mississippi.
There were roughly 71 welding technology/welder students who graduated with this degree at EMCC in the most recent data year.
Bluegrass Community and Technical College is a large public college located in the city of Lexington. A Best Colleges rank of #1274 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Bluegrass Community and Technical College is a great college overall.
There were roughly 303 welding technology/welder students who graduated with this degree at Bluegrass Community and Technical College in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the suburb of Huntington, MCTC is a public college with a small student population. This college ranks 18th out of 25 schools for overall quality in the state of West Virginia.
There were approximately 4 welding technology/welder students who graduated with this degree at MCTC in the most recent data year.
Located in the large suburb of Orlando, Southern Technical College is a private for-profit college with a small student population. This college ranks 69th out of 70 colleges for overall quality in the state of Florida.
There were approximately 123 welding technology/welder students who graduated with this degree at Southern Technical College 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).
The wielding program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Welding Technology/Welder rankings. 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.