2025 Best Welding Technology/Welder Associate Degree Schools in Kentucky

If you pursue a associate degree in welding technology/welder, you won't be alone. The field of study is the #51 most popular program in the country. So, there are lots of possibilities to explore when you're trying to determine where you want to get your degree.

College Factual looked at 3 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Welding Technology/Welder Associate Degree Schools in Kentucky ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 58 associate degrees in welding technology/welder during the 2022-2023 academic year.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

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Choosing a Great Welding Technology/Welder School for Your Associate Degree

Your choice of welding technology/welder for getting your associate degree school matters. Important measures of a quality wielding program can vary widely even among the top schools. Below we explain some of the most important factors to consider before making your choice:

Overall Quality Is a Must

A school that excels in educating for a particular major and degree level must be a great school overall as well. To account for this we include a college's overall Best Colleges ranking which itself looks at a host of various factors like degree completion, educational resources, student body caliber and post-graduation earnings for the school as a whole.

Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on welding technology/welder students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other welding technology/welder students want to attend this school to pursue a associate degree.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized welding technology/welder related body.

Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for welding technology/welder students working on their associate degree.

One Size Does Not Fit All

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 Associate Degree Schools in Kentucky list to help you make the college decision.

Best Schools for Associate Students to Study Welding Technology/Welder in Kentucky

Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing an associate degree in welding technology/welder.

Top Kentucky Schools for an Associate in Wielding

1

Gateway Community and Technical College
Florence, KY

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

13 Annual Graduates

Every student pursuing a degree in an associate degree in welding technology/welder needs to check out Gateway Community and Technical College. Gateway is a small public college located in the suburb of Florence.More information about a associate in welding technology/welder from Gateway Community and Technical College

2

Elizabethtown Community and Technical College
Elizabethtown, KY

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

10 Annual Graduates

Elizabethtown Community and Technical College is a great choice for individuals pursuing an associate degree in welding technology/welder. Elizabethtown Community and Technical College is a moderately-sized public college located in the city of Elizabethtown.More information about a associate in welding technology/welder from Elizabethtown Community and Technical College

3

Bluegrass Community and Technical College
Lexington, KY

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

14 Annual Graduates

Every student who is interested in an associate degree in welding technology/welder has to take a look at Bluegrass Community and Technical College. Bluegrass Community and Technical College is a fairly large public college located in the city of Lexington.More information about a associate in welding technology/welder from Bluegrass Community and Technical College

Best Welding Technology/Welder Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Best Welding Technology/Welder Schools in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Mississippi	272	70
Florida	232	88
North Carolina	231	185
West Virginia	180	38
Tennessee	170	4
Arkansas	161	36
Virginia	158	10
Alabama	109	19

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Welding Technology/Welder Related Rankings by Major

One of 8 majors within the Precision Metal Working area of study, Welding Technology/Welder has other similar majors worth exploring.

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Machine Shop Technology/Assistant	36

Notes and References

• 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). More about our data sources and methodologies.