2025 Best Welding Technology/Welder Schools in the Great Lakes Region
7Colleges in the Great Lakes Region
6,100Wielding Degrees Awarded
Welding Technology/Welder is above average in terms of popularity with it being the #215 most popular degree program in the country. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.
For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 7 schools in the Great Lakes Region to determine which ones were the best for welding technology/welder students pursuing a degree. Combined, these schools handed out 6,100 degrees in welding technology/welder to qualified students.
The wielding program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Welding Technology/Welder rankings. We derive our Best Overall Welding Technology/Welder School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.
When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Welding Technology/Welder Schools in the Great Lakes Region list to help you make the college decision.
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Best Schools for Welding Technology/Welder in the Great Lakes Region
Although we recommend filtering by degree level first, you can view the list below to see which schools give the educational experience for the wielding degree levels they offer.
Any student who is interested in welding technology/welder needs to check out Fox Valley Technical College. Located in the medium-sized suburb of Appleton, FVTC is a public college with a large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #387 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means FVTC is a great college overall.
There were roughly 298 welding technology/welder students who graduated with this degree at FVTC in the most recent year we have data available.
Any student who is interested in welding technology/welder has to look into Ferris State University. Ferris is a medium-sized public university located in the remote town of Big Rapids. A Best Colleges rank of #565 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Ferris is a great university overall.
There were about 53 welding technology/welder students who graduated with this degree at Ferris in the most recent data year.
Every student pursuing a degree in welding technology/welder has to look into Vincennes University. Located in the town of Vincennes, Vincennes University is a public university with a large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #365 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Vincennes University is a great university overall.
There were approximately 40 welding technology/welder students who graduated with this degree at Vincennes University in the most recent data year.
It is difficult to beat Grand Rapids Community College if you want to pursue a degree in welding technology/welder. Located in the city of Grand Rapids, Grand Rapids Community College is a public college with a large student population. This college ranks 18th out of 56 schools for overall quality in the state of Michigan.
There were approximately 8 welding technology/welder students who graduated with this degree at Grand Rapids Community College in the most recent year we have data available.
Lewis and Clark Community College is a small public college located in the suburb of Godfrey. This college ranks 57th out of 85 schools for overall quality in the state of Illinois.
There were roughly 136 welding technology/welder students who graduated with this degree at Lewis and Clark Community College in the most recent year we have data available.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
The wielding program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Welding Technology/Welder rankings. We derive our Best Overall Welding Technology/Welder School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
