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Rosedale Technical College

Precision Metal Working

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania · Private nonprofit · SOC 51-4121

Net price, per year
$19,760

Average paid after grant aid, across all first-time students at this institution.

Published tuition
$17,402

Before tools, books, exam fees and living costs.

Median debt at completion
$12,000

Federal loans, institution-wide, among students who completed.

Completion rate
81%

Finished within 150% of normal time. Institution-wide, all programmes.

Earnings, 10 years after starting
$47,880

Institution-wide and measured from entry, so it includes people who never finished. Not specific to this programme.

Credential
Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma

Four years from now

This is a one-year program. Over four years you would pay $19,760 in net price, and students who complete leave with a median of $12,000 in federal loans.

We do not show what you would earn afterwards, because nobody publishes year-one earnings for a specific program. Guessing it would be the kind of number this site exists to avoid. The Pennsylvania median below is what the job pays across the whole state, for workers at every stage of a career.

What welders earn in Pennsylvania

$52,900median, per year

Half earn more, half less, across all experience levels. National median $53,750.

US Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS · SOC 51-4121 · survey 2025-05 · retrieved 2026-08-26

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