Welder programs in Oregon

0 registered apprenticeships and 14 trade schools. Apprenticeships are listed first because they pay you while you train. That order never changes, and nobody can buy a place in it.

What the job pays in Oregon

$59,450median, per year

This is what welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers earn across Oregon, 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

Trade schools · 14

You pay for these, and most students are not earning while they study.

Blue Mountain Community College

Precision Metal Working

Trade school

Pendleton, OR · Public

Net price / yr

$13,095

After grant aid

Median debt

$12,000

Completers, institution-wide

Completion

30%

Institution-wide

Enrols year-round

School website Full detailUS Dept. of Education College Scorecard

Chemeketa Community College

Precision Metal Working

Trade school

Salem, OR · Public

Net price / yr

$8,200

After grant aid

Median debt

$12,822

Completers, institution-wide

Enrols year-round

School website Full detailUS Dept. of Education College Scorecard

Clackamas Community College

Precision Metal Working

Trade school

Oregon City, OR · Public

Net price / yr

$7,855

After grant aid

Median debt

$11,992

Completers, institution-wide

Completion

23%

Institution-wide

Enrols year-round

School website Full detailUS Dept. of Education College Scorecard

Clatsop Community College

Precision Metal Working

Trade school

Astoria, OR · Public

Net price / yr

$10,548

After grant aid

Median debt

$11,602

Completers, institution-wide

Completion

29%

Institution-wide

Enrols year-round

School website Full detailUS Dept. of Education College Scorecard

Lane Community College

Precision Metal Working

Trade school

Eugene, OR · Public

Net price / yr

$9,123

After grant aid

Median debt

$14,761

Completers, institution-wide

Enrols year-round

School website Full detailUS Dept. of Education College Scorecard

Linn-Benton Community College

Precision Metal Working

Trade school

Albany, OR · Public

Net price / yr

$11,553

After grant aid

Median debt

$11,961

Completers, institution-wide

Completion

29%

Institution-wide

Enrols year-round

School website Full detailUS Dept. of Education College Scorecard

Mt Hood Community College

Precision Metal Working

Trade school

Gresham, OR · Public

Net price / yr

$7,821

After grant aid

Median debt

$13,667

Completers, institution-wide

Enrols year-round

School website Full detailUS Dept. of Education College Scorecard

Portland Community College

Precision Metal Working

Trade school

Portland, OR · Public

Net price / yr

$10,405

After grant aid

Median debt

$12,999

Completers, institution-wide

Completion

18%

Institution-wide

Enrols year-round

School website Full detailUS Dept. of Education College Scorecard

Rogue Community College

Precision Metal Working

Trade school

Grants Pass, OR · Public

Net price / yr

$11,042

After grant aid

Median debt

$17,042

Completers, institution-wide

Completion

Institution-wide

Enrols year-round

School website Full detailUS Dept. of Education College Scorecard

Southwestern Oregon Community College

Precision Metal Working

Trade school

Coos Bay, OR · Public

Net price / yr

$8,527

After grant aid

Median debt

$12,000

Completers, institution-wide

Completion

40%

Institution-wide

Enrols year-round

School website Full detailUS Dept. of Education College Scorecard

Treasure Valley Community College

Precision Metal Working

Trade school

Ontario, OR · Public

Net price / yr

$11,172

After grant aid

Median debt

$12,000

Completers, institution-wide

Completion

37%

Institution-wide

Enrols year-round

School website Full detailUS Dept. of Education College Scorecard

Umpqua Community College

Precision Metal Working

Trade school

Roseburg, OR · Public

Net price / yr

$8,340

After grant aid

Median debt

$9,000

Completers, institution-wide

Completion

31%

Institution-wide

Enrols year-round

School website Full detailUS Dept. of Education College Scorecard

Tillamook Bay Community College

Precision Metal Working

Trade school

Tillamook, OR · Public

Net price / yr

$5,405

After grant aid

Completion

17%

Institution-wide

Enrols year-round

School website Full detailUS Dept. of Education College Scorecard

Klamath Community College

Precision Metal Working

Trade school

Klamath Falls, OR · Public

Net price / yr

$7,050

After grant aid

Median debt

$17,480

Completers, institution-wide

Completion

43%

Institution-wide

Enrols year-round

School website Full detailUS Dept. of Education College Scorecard

How to actually get in

Finding the program is the easy part. The application is where people fall down.

Applying for a welder apprenticeship

14 listings matched. Figures come from the publishers named on each card. Nothing on this page is estimated.