Dunbar, WV · Public
Net price / yr
After grant aid
Completion
Institution-wide
Enrolls year-round
12 listings on file
Welder programs in West Virginia
12 trade schools, and no registered apprenticeships. We hold no apprenticeship records for this trade in West Virginia yet, which is a gap in our coverage rather than a statement about the trade. The schools are below.
What the job pays in West Virginia
$48,810median, per year
This is what welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers earn across West Virginia, 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 · 12
You pay for these, and most students are not earning while they study.
Huntington, WV · Public
Net price / yr
$3,657
After grant aid
Completion
64%
Institution-wide
Enrolls year-round
Princeton, WV · Public
Net price / yr
$2,225
After grant aid
Completion
79%
Institution-wide
Enrolls year-round
Parkersburg, WV · Public
Net price / yr
$1,807
After grant aid
Median debt
$12,570
Completers, institution-wide
Enrolls year-round
Beckley, WV · Public
Net price / yr
$9,988
After grant aid
Completion
81%
Institution-wide
Enrolls year-round
Logan, WV · Public
Net price / yr
$10,321
After grant aid
Median debt
$9,190
Completers, institution-wide
Completion
29%
Institution-wide
Enrolls year-round
Buckhannon, WV · Public
Net price / yr
$2,129
After grant aid
Completion
98%
Institution-wide
Enrolls year-round
Wheeling, WV · Public
Net price / yr
$5,329
After grant aid
Median debt
$10,245
Completers, institution-wide
Completion
33%
Institution-wide
Enrolls year-round
Huntington, WV · Public
Net price / yr
$8,083
After grant aid
Median debt
$7,446
Completers, institution-wide
Completion
19%
Institution-wide
Enrolls year-round
Martinsburg, WV · Public
Net price / yr
$4,641
After grant aid
Median debt
$13,000
Completers, institution-wide
Completion
32%
Institution-wide
Enrolls year-round
Beaver, WV · Public
Net price / yr
$3,599
After grant aid
Median debt
$7,250
Completers, institution-wide
Completion
36%
Institution-wide
Enrolls year-round
South Charleston, WV · Public
Net price / yr
$4,565
After grant aid
Median debt
$9,829
Completers, institution-wide
Completion
34%
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 apprenticeship12 listings matched. Figures come from the publishers named on each card. Nothing on this page is estimated.