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Welding at Central New Mexico Community College

If you plan to study Welding, you may want to check out the program at Central New Mexico Community College. Get started with the following essential facts.

Central New Mexico Community College sits in Albuquerque, NM.

For the most recent IPEDS reporting year, 99 welding degrees were awarded at Central New Mexico Community College.

Online & Distance Learning at Central New Mexico Community College

Distance learning is available at Central New Mexico Community College. Among 19,342 students, 7,623 (39%) studied exclusively online and 5,536 (29%) took at least some classes online.

Student Demographics & Diversity

Below you’ll find the diversity of Welding graduates at Central New Mexico Community College, by degree type.

Program-wide, Welding graduates at Central New Mexico Community College are 12% women (12) and 88% men (87).

Welding Associate’s Program at Central New Mexico Community College

Of the 52 associate’s welding degrees awarded at Central New Mexico Community College, 10% were women (5) and 90% were men (47).

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity of Welding associate’s degree recipients at Central New Mexico Community College.

Race / Ethnicity	Number of Graduates
White	18
Hispanic / Latino	27
American Indian / Alaska Native	4
Two or More Races	1
Unknown	2

Racial-ethnic minorities make up 62% of Welding associate’s degree recipients at Central New Mexico Community College, above the national average of 34%.*

*The racial-ethnic minorities figure is the total number of graduates minus White, international (nonresident), and unknown-race graduates.

Best-Paid Careers for Welding Graduates

Students who finish Welding program at Central New Mexico Community College go on to a range of careers. The table below ranks the best-paid careers for Welding majors, ordered by median annual salary:

Occupation	Nationwide Median Wage
Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers	$60,230
Welding, Soldering, and Brazing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	$50,993

References

• IPEDS — Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System
• U.S. Department of Education — College Scorecard
• O*NET Online (Bureau of Labor Statistics)
• National Center for Education Statistics

More about our data sources and methodologies.