Private for-profit · Community college

Tulsa Welding School-Jacksonville

Jacksonville, Florida · Large city

0%
Transfer rate: $31,767
Avg net price: 73%
Grad / completion: $41,067
Median earnings

Tulsa Welding School-Jacksonville is a private for-profit certificate-granting institution in Jacksonville, Florida (large city setting), enrolling 579 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.

Private for-profitSmall · 579 undergradsLarge cityNear the coast

About Jacksonville, Florida

Jacksonville, colloquially nicknamed Jax, is the most populous city proper in the U.S. state of Florida, located on the Atlantic coast of northeastern Florida. On Black Hammock Island in the national Timucuan Ecological and Historic Preserve, a University of North Florida team discovered some of the oldest remnants of pottery in the United States, dating to 2500 BCE. Throughout the year, many annual events are held in Jacksonville. In sports, the annual Gate River Run has been held annually since March 1977. (Wikipedia)

Setting: Large city
Highest degree offered: Certificate
Nearest big city: 6 miles to Jacksonville, FL
To the ocean: 10 miles
Nearest airport: 15 miles to Jacksonville (JAX) · major hub

How Tulsa Welding School-Jacksonville compares

Graduation rate73%

Higher than 67% · #87 of 211 in Florida

First-year retention75%

Higher than 56%

Earnings, 10 years after entry$41,067

Higher than 73% · #28 of 171 in Florida

Average net price$31,767

Cheaper than 6% · #185 cheapest of 207 in Florida

Median debt at graduation$9,500

Lower than 57%

Student–faculty ratio30 : 1

Lower than 5%

Undergraduate enrollment579

Larger than 65%

Percentiles compare Tulsa Welding School-Jacksonville with the nation's 3,519 two-year and certificate schools, among schools reporting each statistic. State ranks count two-year and certificate schools in Florida.

Student body

Undergraduates by gender

Women387%
Men54193%

Undergraduates by race / ethnicity

White30%
Black51%
Hispanic14%
Asian2.6%
Other or multiracial1.9%

Graduate gender splits aren't published in this data, so the gender chart covers undergraduates only.

By the numbers

Undergraduate enrollment: 579
Student–faculty ratio: 30 : 1
Pell Grant recipients: 63%
First-generation students: 52%
Students over 25: 64%
Median family income: $20,300

Colleges don't publish true class-size data; student–faculty ratio (IPEDS) is the closest public measure of it.

Where students come from

Home state of the 73 first-year students who entered in fall 2023.

From Florida93%
Other U.S. states6.8%

Most first-years stay in state — Tulsa Welding School-Jacksonville draws overwhelmingly from Florida.

Out-of-state students usually pay a higher tuition rate at public schools — check the cost card above for your bracket. Source: IPEDS residence & migration, fall 2023 entering class.

Cost

In-state tuition: —
Room & board: —
Total cost of attendance: —
Average net price: $31,767

Outcomes

Graduated: 73%
First-year retention: 75%
Transferred to another college: 0%
Median earnings, 6 years after entry: $39,055
Median earnings, 10 years after entry: $41,067
Median debt at graduation: $9,500
Students with federal loans: 62%
Paying down their loans (1 year in): 33%

Graduating on time

By student background (4 years)

All students

73%

Low-income (Pell)

66%

First-generation

69%

When these bars run close together, students from every background tend to finish at similar rates — a sign the school supports the ~30% who are first-gen or low-income.

Campus life & athletics

On-campus housing: No
Application fee: Free

Campus safety

Safety grade: B
Reported offenses per 1,000 students: 1.7 / year
Violent offenses (2022–2024): 1
Property offenses (2022–2024): 2

Reported offenses in an average year

The same 2022–2024 Clery Act reports, divided down to one year.

1.0reported offenses a year

0.3 violent a year0.7 property a year

By offense type, per year

Burglary

0.7

Fondling

0.3

Averages, not a forecast — a single year can run well above or below this. Bars are scaled against this campus's most-reported offense, so they compare types here rather than against other schools.

What you'll actually pay, by family income

Average net price (total cost minus grants and scholarships) paid by aided students in each family-income band.

< $30k

$31,814

$30–48k

$30,286

$48–75k

$30,997

$75–110k

$36,779

$110k+

$36,779

College Scorecard / IPEDS, most recent year. Family income is total household income; net price covers tuition, fees, room, board and supplies after grant aid, for students receiving federal aid.

Does the school pay you to attend?

Grant aid from the school's own funds — the discount off sticker, on top of any federal or state help.

38%

of first-years get a grant from the school

$2,766

average award, among those who get one

Modest institutional aid: 38% of freshmen get a grant from the school, averaging $2,766. Most of what lowers the price here is federal or state money, not the school's own funds.

Blends need-based and merit aid — IPEDS doesn't split the two, so a high number can mean generous merit scholarships, deep need-based aid, or both. Figures cover 382 full-time first-year undergraduates, 2022–23. Source: IPEDS Student Financial Aid.

Is it worth it?

A rough return-on-investment read from what graduates earn versus what they borrow.

Median earnings (10 years): $41,067
Typical debt at graduation: $9,500
Debt vs. one year's pay: 23%
Out-earn a HS grad: 53%

Typical debt would take roughly 2.3 years to repay at about a tenth of median earnings.

Solid value

A reasonable return: earnings comfortably clear the debt over a few years for most students who finish.

Earnings are the College Scorecard median for former students (working, not enrolled) 10 years after entry — not a guarantee, and they vary a lot by major. Debt is the median federal loan balance at graduation.

The pay gap here

Median earnings 10 years after entry, split by gender.

Women

$23,698

Men

$41,584

Men out-earn women by $17,886 (75%) a decade out.

Federal figures for former students working and not enrolled, 10 years after they first entered. A gap this wide usually reflects which majors men and women here tend to choose — not different pay for the same job.

Campus climate

Summer high: 91°F
Winter low: 45°F
Annual rain: 51.8″

Average temperature

HighLow

Average precipitation (inches)

NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Jacksonville Craig Muni AP, FL US station (3.1 mi from campus).

What Tulsa Welding School-Jacksonville graduates study — and earn

Electrical and Power Transmission Installers

101 grads$31k 1 yr— 5 yr$7k debt

101$30,684—$7,125 Electromechanical Technologies/Technicians

100 grads$36k 1 yr$38k 5 yr$10k debt

100$36,370$38,269$9,500 Heating, Air Conditioning, Ventilation and Refrigeration Maintenance Technology/Technician (HAC, HACR, HVAC, HVACR)

87 grads— 1 yr— 5 yr— debt

87———

Median earnings of this school's own graduates 1 and 5 years after finishing each program, and median federal-loan debt at completion (College Scorecard). Small programs are privacy-suppressed (—). Click a major to compare colleges nationally.

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Source: US Department of Education College Scorecard (most recent cohorts), IPEDS institutional characteristics, Equity in Athletics (EADA) data, Clery Act Campus Safety and Security data, and NOAA US Climate Normals. Distances are straight-line from campus coordinates. Percentiles compare schools of the same level (four-year vs. two-year) that report each statistic.