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13 schools in West Virginia offer welding-related programs, compared below on official cost, completion, and earnings data. Prefer to earn while you learn? 4 registered apprenticeship sponsors in West Virginia train welding apprentices — see apprenticeships. Federal program data groups welding with machining & cnc — schools below may offer any of these.
| School | City | Type | Net price / yr | Completion | Earnings (10 yr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fred W Eberle Technical Center | Buckhannon | public | $2,129 | 98.7% | $43,364 |
| West Virginia University at Parkersburg | Parkersburg | public | $1,807 | 34.6% | $35,171 |
| Mercer County Technical Education Center | Princeton | public | $2,225 | 80.8% | $33,511 |
| Ben Franklin Career Center | Dunbar | public | $3,382 | 78.6% | $37,962 |
| Cabell County Career Technology Center | Huntington | public | $3,657 | 72.4% | $33,975 |
| Blue Ridge Community and Technical College | Martinsburg | public | $4,641 | 42.6% | $39,293 |
| New River Community and Technical College | Beaver | public | $3,599 | 25% | $29,073 |
| BridgeValley Community & Technical College | South Charleston | public | $4,565 | 41% | $36,432 |
| West Virginia Northern Community College | Wheeling | public | $5,329 | 35.3% | $30,162 |
| Mountwest Community and Technical College | Huntington | public | $8,083 | 40.5% | $28,951 |
| Academy of Careers and Technology | Beckley | public | $9,988 | 79.3% | $32,756 |
| Southern West Virginia Community and Technical College | Logan | public | $10,321 | 26.9% | $32,153 |
| Boone Career and Technical Center | Foster | public | not reported | 94.7% | not reported |
Ranking = median earnings 10 years after entry per $1,000 of average yearly net price (methodology). Schools without both figures sort last — "not reported" means the federal dataset lacks the value, not that the school is bad.
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