2025 Best Welding Technology/Welder Schools in Kentucky
3Colleges in Kentucky
2,908Wielding 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 3 schools in Kentucky to determine which ones were the best for welding technology/welder students pursuing a degree. Combined, these schools handed out 2,908 degrees in welding technology/welder to qualified students.
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
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 Schools in Kentucky list, to help you choose the best school for you.
You can also filter this list by location to find schools closer to you.
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Best Schools for Welding Technology/Welder in Kentucky
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 a wonderful choice for students pursuing a degree in welding technology/welder. Located in the large suburb of Florence, Gateway is a public college with a small student population. This college ranks 19th out of 39 colleges for overall quality in the state of Kentucky.
There were about 342 welding technology/welder students who graduated with this degree at Gateway in the most recent data year.
Every student who is interested in welding technology/welder needs to look into Elizabethtown Community and Technical College. Located in the city of Elizabethtown, Elizabethtown Community and Technical College is a public college with a medium-sized student population. This college ranks 21st out of 39 schools for overall quality in the state of Kentucky.
There were approximately 161 welding technology/welder students who graduated with this degree at Elizabethtown Community and Technical College in the most recent data year.
It is hard to beat Bluegrass Community and Technical College if you want to pursue a degree in welding technology/welder. Located in the large city of Lexington, Bluegrass Community and Technical College is a public college with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #1274 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Bluegrass Community and Technical College is a great college overall.
There were about 303 welding technology/welder students who graduated with this degree at Bluegrass Community and Technical College in the most recent data year.
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.