Welder programs in South Carolina

0 registered apprenticeships and 16 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 South Carolina

$49,980median, per year

This is what welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers earn across South Carolina, 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 · 16

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

Aiken Technical College

Precision Metal Working

Trade school

Graniteville, SC · Public

Net price / yr

$4,807

After grant aid

Median debt

$12,250

Completers, institution-wide

Completion

34%

Institution-wide

Enrols year-round

School website Full detailUS Dept. of Education College Scorecard

Northeastern Technical College

Precision Metal Working

Trade school

Cheraw, SC · Public

Net price / yr

$6,913

After grant aid

Completion

21%

Institution-wide

Enrols year-round

School website Full detailUS Dept. of Education College Scorecard

Denmark Technical College

Precision Metal Working

Trade school

Denmark, SC · Public

Net price / yr

$19,156

After grant aid

Median debt

$15,250

Completers, institution-wide

Completion

13%

Institution-wide

Enrols year-round

School website Full detailUS Dept. of Education College Scorecard

Florence-Darlington Technical College

Precision Metal Working

Trade school

Florence, SC · Public

Net price / yr

$2,004

After grant aid

Median debt

$12,250

Completers, institution-wide

Completion

34%

Institution-wide

Enrols year-round

School website Full detailUS Dept. of Education College Scorecard

Greenville Technical College

Precision Metal Working

Trade school

Greenville, SC · Public

Net price / yr

$11,713

After grant aid

Median debt

$15,392

Completers, institution-wide

Enrols year-round

School website Full detailUS Dept. of Education College Scorecard

Horry-Georgetown Technical College

Precision Metal Working

Trade school

Conway, SC · Public

Net price / yr

$4,159

After grant aid

Median debt

$14,250

Completers, institution-wide

Completion

38%

Institution-wide

Enrols year-round

School website Full detailUS Dept. of Education College Scorecard

Midlands Technical College

Precision Metal Working

Trade school

West Columbia, SC · Public

Net price / yr

$4,647

After grant aid

Median debt

$12,000

Completers, institution-wide

Completion

18%

Institution-wide

Enrols year-round

School website Full detailUS Dept. of Education College Scorecard

Orangeburg Calhoun Technical College

Precision Metal Working

Trade school

Orangeburg, SC · Public

Net price / yr

$6,186

After grant aid

Median debt

$10,562

Completers, institution-wide

Completion

32%

Institution-wide

Enrols year-round

School website Full detailUS Dept. of Education College Scorecard

Piedmont Technical College

Precision Metal Working

Trade school

Greenwood, SC · Public

Net price / yr

$11,366

After grant aid

Median debt

$15,000

Completers, institution-wide

Completion

33%

Institution-wide

Enrols year-round

School website Full detailUS Dept. of Education College Scorecard

Spartanburg Community College

Precision Metal Working

Trade school

Spartanburg, SC · Public

Net price / yr

$2,405

After grant aid

Median debt

$6,500

Completers, institution-wide

Completion

28%

Institution-wide

Enrols year-round

School website Full detailUS Dept. of Education College Scorecard

Central Carolina Technical College

Precision Metal Working

Trade school

Sumter, SC · Public

Net price / yr

$5,571

After grant aid

Median debt

$9,977

Completers, institution-wide

Completion

34%

Institution-wide

Enrols year-round

School website Full detailUS Dept. of Education College Scorecard

Tri-County Technical College

Precision Metal Working

Trade school

Pendleton, SC · Public

Net price / yr

$14,670

After grant aid

Median debt

$9,000

Completers, institution-wide

Completion

42%

Institution-wide

Enrols year-round

School website Full detailUS Dept. of Education College Scorecard

Trident Technical College

Precision Metal Working

Trade school

Charleston, SC · Public

Net price / yr

$1,406

After grant aid

Median debt

$13,029

Completers, institution-wide

Completion

30%

Institution-wide

Enrols year-round

School website Full detailUS Dept. of Education College Scorecard

Williamsburg Technical College

Precision Metal Working

Trade school

Kingstree, SC · Public

Net price / yr

$9,887

After grant aid

Completion

15%

Institution-wide

Enrols year-round

School website Full detailUS Dept. of Education College Scorecard

York Technical College

Precision Metal Working

Trade school

Rock Hill, SC · Public

Net price / yr

$5,931

After grant aid

Median debt

$7,000

Completers, institution-wide

Completion

30%

Institution-wide

Enrols year-round

School website Full detailUS Dept. of Education College Scorecard

Arclabs

Precision Metal Working

Trade school

Piedmont, SC · Private for-profit

Net price / yr

$26,608

After grant aid

Median debt

$9,500

Completers, institution-wide

Completion

76%

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

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