Long Island City, NY · Private nonprofit
Net price / yr
After grant aid
Median debt
Completers, institution-wide
Completion
Institution-wide
Enrolls year-round
19 listings on file
19 trade schools, and no registered apprenticeships. We hold no apprenticeship records for this trade in New York 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 York
$59,140median, per year
This is what welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers earn across New York, 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
50-mile radius
New York is a big place. Enter your ZIP code to see Welder programs within 50 miles, paid apprenticeships first.
Price on file
You pay for these, and most students are not earning while they study.
Long Island City, NY · Private nonprofit
Net price / yr
$14,826
After grant aid
Median debt
$9,500
Completers, institution-wide
Completion
78%
Institution-wide
Enrolls year-round
Auburn, NY · Public
Net price / yr
$8,662
After grant aid
Median debt
$12,000
Completers, institution-wide
Completion
30%
Institution-wide
Enrolls year-round
Corning, NY · Public
Net price / yr
$7,373
After grant aid
Median debt
$12,000
Completers, institution-wide
Completion
34%
Institution-wide
Enrolls year-round
Buffalo, NY · Public
Net price / yr
$7,765
After grant aid
Median debt
$9,250
Completers, institution-wide
Completion
28%
Institution-wide
Enrolls year-round
Troy, NY · Public
Net price / yr
$8,501
After grant aid
Median debt
$10,625
Completers, institution-wide
Completion
35%
Institution-wide
Enrolls year-round
Jamestown, NY · Public
Net price / yr
$9,850
After grant aid
Median debt
$10,990
Completers, institution-wide
Completion
40%
Institution-wide
Enrolls year-round
Schenectady, NY · Private for-profit
Net price / yr
$22,618
After grant aid
Completion
94%
Institution-wide
Enrolls year-round
Utica, NY · Public
Net price / yr
$8,987
After grant aid
Median debt
$11,000
Completers, institution-wide
Completion
38%
Institution-wide
Enrolls year-round
Rochester, NY · Public
Net price / yr
$6,353
After grant aid
Median debt
$9,750
Completers, institution-wide
Completion
27%
Institution-wide
Enrolls year-round
Sanborn, NY · Public
Net price / yr
$6,876
After grant aid
Median debt
$11,039
Completers, institution-wide
Completion
32%
Institution-wide
Enrolls year-round
Syracuse, NY · Public
Net price / yr
$8,562
After grant aid
Median debt
$10,000
Completers, institution-wide
Completion
27%
Institution-wide
Enrolls year-round
Rochester, NY · Private nonprofit
Net price / yr
$34,906
After grant aid
Median debt
$26,778
Completers, institution-wide
Enrolls year-round
Alfred, NY · Public
Net price / yr
$15,016
After grant aid
Median debt
$13,750
Completers, institution-wide
Enrolls year-round
Delhi, NY · Public
Net price / yr
$17,225
After grant aid
Median debt
$15,180
Completers, institution-wide
Enrolls year-round
Stone Ridge, NY · Public
Net price / yr
$5,035
After grant aid
Median debt
$10,000
Completers, institution-wide
Completion
34%
Institution-wide
Enrolls year-round
Elmira, NY · Public
Net price / yr
$20,757
After grant aid
Median debt
$9,500
Completers, institution-wide
Completion
75%
Institution-wide
Enrolls year-round
Plattsburgh, NY · Public
Net price / yr
$14,384
After grant aid
Completion
89%
Institution-wide
Enrolls year-round
West Seneca, NY · Public
Net price / yr
$12,987
After grant aid
Median debt
$9,500
Completers, institution-wide
Completion
96%
Institution-wide
Enrolls year-round
Liverpool, NY · Public
Net price / yr
$19,002
After grant aid
Median debt
$6,419
Completers, institution-wide
Completion
73%
Institution-wide
Enrolls year-round
Requirements, the test, timing
Finding the program is the easy part. The application is where people fall down.
How to get into a welder apprenticeship19 listings matched. Figures come from the publishers named on each card. Nothing on this page is estimated.