Albuquerque, NM · Public
Net price / yr
After grant aid
Median debt
Completers, institution-wide
Completion
Institution-wide
Enrolls year-round
20 listings on file
Welder programs in New Mexico
20 trade schools, and no registered apprenticeships. We hold no apprenticeship records for this trade in New Mexico yet, which is a gap in our coverage rather than a statement about the trade. The schools are below.
What the job pays in New Mexico
$59,840median, per year
This is what welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers earn across New Mexico, half above and half below. It is an experienced-worker figure, not a starting wage. Nationally the median is $53,750.
US Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS, SOC 51-4121 · survey 2025-05 · retrieved 2026-08-26
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Price on file
Trade schools · 20
You pay for these, and most students are not earning while they study.
Crownpoint, NM · Public
Net price / yr
$5,338
After grant aid
Enrolls year-round
Las Cruces, NM · Public
Net price / yr
$6,048
After grant aid
Median debt
$17,095
Completers, institution-wide
Completion
19%
Institution-wide
Enrolls year-round
Trade school
Clovis, NM · Public
Net price / yr
$3,230
After grant aid
Median debt
$7,250
Completers, institution-wide
Completion
34%
Institution-wide
Enrolls year-round
Portales, NM · Public
Net price / yr
$4,904
After grant aid
Median debt
$16,500
Completers, institution-wide
Enrolls year-round
Roswell, NM · Public
Net price / yr
$3,645
After grant aid
Median debt
$16,500
Completers, institution-wide
Completion
32%
Institution-wide
Enrolls year-round
Trade school
Hobbs, NM · Public
Net price / yr
$6,524
After grant aid
Median debt
$11,313
Completers, institution-wide
Completion
58%
Institution-wide
Enrolls year-round
Gallup, NM · Public
Net price / yr
$4,868
After grant aid
Median debt
$18,450
Completers, institution-wide
Completion
20%
Institution-wide
Enrolls year-round
Albuquerque, NM · Public
Net price / yr
$15,489
After grant aid
Median debt
$18,450
Completers, institution-wide
Enrolls year-round
Alamogordo, NM · Public
Net price / yr
$7,369
After grant aid
Median debt
$17,095
Completers, institution-wide
Completion
14%
Institution-wide
Enrolls year-round
Carlsbad, NM · Public
Net price / yr
$5,734
After grant aid
Completion
20%
Institution-wide
Enrolls year-round
Grants, NM · Public
Net price / yr
$68
After grant aid
Median debt
$17,095
Completers, institution-wide
Completion
26%
Institution-wide
Enrolls year-round
Las Cruces, NM · Public
Net price / yr
$8,889
After grant aid
Median debt
$17,095
Completers, institution-wide
Enrolls year-round
Los Lunas, NM · Public
Net price / yr
$5,714
After grant aid
Median debt
$18,450
Completers, institution-wide
Completion
21%
Institution-wide
Enrolls year-round
Trade school
Farmington, NM · Public
Net price / yr
$5,769
After grant aid
Median debt
$9,750
Completers, institution-wide
Completion
37%
Institution-wide
Enrolls year-round
Santa Fe, NM · Public
Net price / yr
$11,067
After grant aid
Median debt
$13,236
Completers, institution-wide
Completion
23%
Institution-wide
Enrolls year-round
Tucumcari, NM · Public
Net price / yr
$9,445
After grant aid
Completion
42%
Institution-wide
Enrolls year-round
Silver City, NM · Public
Net price / yr
$8,522
After grant aid
Median debt
$23,000
Completers, institution-wide
Enrolls year-round
Trade school
Las Vegas, NM · Public
Net price / yr
$4,595
After grant aid
Completion
28%
Institution-wide
Enrolls year-round
Ruidoso, NM · Public
Net price / yr
$2,042
After grant aid
Median debt
$16,500
Completers, institution-wide
Completion
29%
Institution-wide
Enrolls year-round
Requirements, the test, timing
How to actually get in
Finding the program is the easy part. The application is where people fall down.
How to get into a welder apprenticeship20 listings matched. Figures come from the publishers named on each card. Nothing on this page is estimated.