Private for-profit · Community college

Welder Training and Testing Institute

Allentown, Pennsylvania · Midsize city

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Transfer rate: $22,503
Avg net price: 85%
Grad / completion: $55,598
Median earnings

Welder Training and Testing Institute is a private for-profit certificate-granting institution in Allentown, Pennsylvania (midsize city setting), enrolling 55 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.

Private for-profitSmall · 55 undergradsMidsize cityCold wintersSnowy

About Allentown, Pennsylvania

Allentown is a city in eastern Pennsylvania, United States. On May 18, 1732, the land was deeded by Thomas Penn, one of three sons of William Penn, founder of the colonial era Province of Pennsylvania, to Joseph Turner, a Philadelphia-based iron manufacturer and politician. Allentown Symphony Orchestra performs at Miller Symphony Hall, located on N. 6th Street in Center City. The city has a musical heritage of civilian concert bands and is home to Allentown Band, the nation's oldest civilian concert band, founded in 1828. (Wikipedia)

Setting: Midsize city
Highest degree offered: Certificate
Nearest big city: 3 miles to Allentown, PA
To the ocean: 48 miles
Nearest airport: 2 miles to Lehigh Valley (ABE)

How Welder Training and Testing Institute compares

Graduation rate85%

Higher than 84% · #31 of 151 in Pennsylvania

First-year retention100%

Higher than 95%

Earnings, 10 years after entry$55,598

Higher than 94% · #20 of 137 in Pennsylvania

Average net price$22,503

Cheaper than 25% · #112 cheapest of 152 in Pennsylvania

Student–faculty ratio15 : 1

Lower than 56%

Undergraduate enrollment55

Larger than 15%

Percentiles compare Welder Training and Testing Institute 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 Pennsylvania.

Student body

Undergraduates by race / ethnicity

White75%
Black5.5%
Hispanic18%
Other or multiracial1.8%

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

By the numbers

Undergraduate enrollment: 55
Student–faculty ratio: 15 : 1
Pell Grant recipients: 25%
First-generation students: 65%
Students over 25: 22%
Median family income: $19,617

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 20 first-year students who entered in fall 2023.

From Pennsylvania90%
Other U.S. states10%

Most first-years stay in state — Welder Training and Testing Institute draws overwhelmingly from Pennsylvania.

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: $22,503

Outcomes

Graduated: 85%
First-year retention: 100%
Transferred to another college: 0%
Median earnings, 6 years after entry: $47,773
Median earnings, 10 years after entry: $55,598
Median debt at graduation: —
Students with federal loans: 46%
Paying down their loans (1 year in): 56%

Campus life & athletics

On-campus housing: No
Application fee: Free

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

$20,021

$30–48k

$17,721

$48–75k

$21,412

$75–110k

$25,455

$110k+

$26,491

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.

15%

of first-years get a grant from the school

$853

average award, among those who get one

Modest institutional aid: 15% of freshmen get a grant from the school, averaging $853. 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 71 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): $55,598
Typical debt at graduation: —
Debt vs. one year's pay: —
Out-earn a HS grad: 69%

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.

Campus climate

Summer high: 86°F
Winter low: 22°F
Annual rain: 47.4″
Annual snow: 33.1″

Average temperature

HighLow

Average precipitation (inches)

NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Allentown Intl AP, PA US station (1.7 mi from campus).

What Welder Training and Testing Institute graduates study — and earn

Precision Metal Working

49 grads$48k 1 yr$42k 5 yr$10k debt

49$47,528$42,160$9,500

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.