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College of Western Idaho

Precision Metal Working

Nampa, Idaho · Public · SOC 51-4121

Net price, per year
$8,500

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

Published tuition
$3,446 in-state · $7,454 out

Before tools, books, exam fees and living costs.

Median debt at completion
$9,720

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

Completion rate
31%

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

Credential
Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma

Four years from now

This is a one-year program. Over four years you would pay $8,500 in net price, and students who complete leave with a median of $9,720 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 Idaho median below is what the job pays across the whole state, for workers at every stage of a career.

What welders earn in Idaho

$50,530median, 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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