10-yr median earnings
$55,598
Federal aid recipients only
Private For-Profit · Allentown, Pennsylvania
Welder Training and Testing Institute
Welder Training and Testing Institute is a private for-profit institution in Allentown, Pennsylvania. as a private for-profit, published Scorecard outcomes are Title-IV-recipient medians — program mix and repayment risk deserve a closer look than a single headline number.
- 89.1%
- 150%-time completion
- $22,503
- Avg net price / yr
- $55,598
- 10-yr median earnings
The verdict
Welder Training and Testing Institute posts top-quartile former-student earnings.
According to the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard.
- Top 21%
- former-student earnings, US
- 89.1%
- 150%-time completion
- +16%
- earnings, 6→10 yrs
City: Midsize
Institution data retrieved July 2026; field-of-study data retrieved March 2026.
How to read this Welder Training and Testing Institute profile
Figures above come from IPEDS institution records published through the College Scorecard (retrieved July 2026 for institution fields; March 2026 for field-of-study). Peer groups and cost cohorts follow IPEDS ownership sector, Carnegie class, and locale, not an editorial shortlist.
Average net price subtracts grant and scholarship aid from cost of attendance for full-time, first-time undergraduate Title IV recipients. It is a defined cohort average, not a personalized price; income-band fields add context but do not replace the school's current net-price calculator.
Earnings use Treasury-linked records for federally aided former students who were working and not enrolled in the measurement year (completers and noncompleters). IPEDS completion and retention use separate first-time, full-time cohorts, so those denominators are not the earnings cohort. Read cost, completion, and earnings as distinct historical measures, not a causal verdict or individual forecast.
College Value Score
B-
College Value Score
68/100
Welder Training and Testing Institute
A 6-metric composite of earnings, cost, and completion outcomes benchmarked against every reporting US college, not a ranking of teaching quality, campus life, or fit for any individual student. See the full methodology.
Earnings B+
$55,598
10-year median former-student earnings
Net Price F
$22,503
Average annual cost after grants and aid
Completion Rate A+
89.1%
Completion within 150% of normal time
Debt N/A
N/A
Median federal debt at graduation
Loan Repayment N/A
N/A
Borrowers repaying loans within 3 years
Retention N/A
N/A
First-year students returning for year two
Each axis is the percentile score shown in the breakdown at left; the shape shows this school's overall profile at a glance.
Avg net price
$22,503
After grants and scholarships
150%-time completion
89.1%
Full-time, first-time cohort
150%-time completion vs portal median (57.1%) 89.1%
Less-than-four-year-institution cohort
College ROI Quadrant - Welder Training and Testing Institute vs peers
Each dot is a college plotted by 10-year median earnings (x-axis) vs average net price (y-axis), colored by completion within 150% of normal time. Bottom-right = high earnings/lower price; top-left = lower earnings/higher price.
How Welder Training and Testing Institute ranks nationally
Where this school's former-student earnings fall within the full national distribution of every US college that reports to the College Scorecard, not just its peer set.
Welder Training and Testing Institute: former-student earnings vs. every US college
10-year median earnings, College Scorecard
$55,598 Top 21% higher than 79% of 5,103 US colleges
Each bar is a $20K-wide band; taller bars hold more US colleges. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard · Mar–Jul 2026 retrievals
| Metric | Welder Training and Testing Institute | National rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10-yr median earnings | $55,598 | #1054 of 5103 | 79th |
| Average net price | $22,503 | #3553 of 5020 | 29th (lower is better) |
| 150%-time completion | 89.1% | #255 of 4858 | 95th |
| Undergraduate enrollment | 55 | #4861 of 5462 | 11th |
National ranks count every operating US college reporting each metric to the College Scorecard, separate from the earnings histogram above.
Quick Facts
55
Undergraduate enrollment
-
Acceptance rate
-
SAT average
89.1%
150%-time completion
$55,598
10-yr median earnings
-
First-year retention
How Welder Training and Testing Institute ranks in Pennsylvania
State rank among 270 reporting Pennsylvania colleges with College Scorecard data, a separate lens from the national distribution above.
| Metric | Welder Training and Testing Institute | State rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10-yr median earnings | $55,598 | #105 of 270 | 61st |
| Average net price | $22,503 | #161 of 264 | 39th (lower is better) |
| 150%-time completion | 89.1% | #20 of 259 | 92nd |
| Undergraduate enrollment | 55 | #245 of 282 | 13th |
Highest former-student earnings in Pennsylvania
| # | School | 10-yr earnings | Net price |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine | $138,767 | - |
| 2 | Carnegie Mellon University | $114,862 | $31,944 |
| 3 | University of Pennsylvania | $111,371 | $28,699 |
| 4 | Lehigh University | $105,584 | $36,931 |
| 5 | Villanova University | $100,423 | $43,756 |
| 6 | Bucknell University | $93,807 | $40,766 |
| 7 | Lafayette College | $91,410 | $34,433 |
| 8 | Saint Joseph's University - Philadelphia | $86,881 | $29,689 |
| 9 | Saint Joseph's University - Lancaster | $86,881 | $42,478 |
| 10 | Joseph F McCloskey School of Nursing | $86,138 | - |
| 11 | Drexel University | $84,648 | $38,509 |
| 12 | Swarthmore College | $80,257 | $23,149 |
| 105 | Welder Training and Testing InstituteThis school | $55,598 | $22,503 |
Costs & Financial Aid
Net price by family income at Welder Training and Testing Institute
Average annual net price after grants; Title IV recipient cohort by income bracket
- $0 – $30k
$0 – $30k
$20,021 net price / yr
- $30k – $48k
$30k – $48k
$17,721 net price / yr
- $48k – $75k
$48k – $75k
$21,412 net price / yr
- $110k+
$110k+
$26,491 net price / yr
What this shows Need-based aid pulls net price down at lower brackets at Welder Training and Testing Institute - compare the bar for your income band, not the overall average alone.
Tuition & Net Price
| Average Net Price | $22,503 |
24.7%
Pell Grant Rate
45.7%
Federal Loan Rate
What students pay at Welder Training and Testing Institute rose +97.1% since 2013
Average net price for the reported Title IV-recipient cohort went from $12,551 in 2013 to $24,740 in 2023, a rise of $12,189 in nominal dollars. Across the 4,315 colleges measured over the same 2013–2023 span, the median change was +14.6%.
11 reported years. Nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation.
2013 · $12,5512023 · $24,740
Over the same years, enrollment went -42.0% (88 → 51 students).
Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, per-year fields (2013–2023). Net price is the average cost after grant and scholarship aid for federally-aided undergraduates.
Student Demographics
Race & ethnicity
Student body at a glance
65.3%
First Generation
Outcomes
$47,773
Median Earnings (6yr)
64.5%
Earning Over $25K
Outcomes & debt snapshot
| Measure | Cohort / horizon | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Completion within 150% of normal time | First-time, full-time | 89.1% |
| Median earnings | 6 years after entry | $47,773 |
| Median earnings | 10 years after entry | $55,598 |
| Share earning over $25,000 | Working, not enrolled | 64.5% |
Programs & Earnings
| Program | Credential | Completers | Median Earnings | Median Debt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Precision Metal Working | Certificate | 61 | $57,411 | $9,217 |
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Frequently Asked Questions
What are the admissions statistics for Welder Training and Testing Institute? ▼
Welder Training and Testing Institute is a private for-profit institution in Allentown, Pennsylvania. Undergraduate enrollment is 55 students.
How much do Welder Training and Testing Institute former students earn? ▼
Federally aided former students at Welder Training and Testing Institute who were working and not enrolled had median earnings of $55,598 ten years after entry; the cohort is not limited to graduates. Six years after entry, the corresponding median is $47,773.
How much does Welder Training and Testing Institute cost? ▼
The average net price at Welder Training and Testing Institute is $22,503..
What is the graduation rate at Welder Training and Testing Institute? ▼
Welder Training and Testing Institute has a 89.1% completion rate within 150% of normal program time at a less-than-four-year institution.
Sources & methodology
Private for-profit profiles foreground Scorecard debt, repayment, and program-level earnings where reported. Marketing claims from the school are not inputs to this page.
Every figure is the Mar–Jul 2026 federal retrieval. For-profit program mixes can shift year to year — treat institution medians as a starting map, then check Field-of-Study rows below. Read the full methodology for how the data is sourced, computed, and verified.
- College Scorecard, U.S. Department of Education - former-student earnings, cost & completion (collegescorecard.ed.gov).
- IPEDS, National Center for Education Statistics - enrollment, admissions, Carnegie class & demographics (nces.ed.gov/ipeds).
- U.S. Treasury / IRS earnings linkage - median earnings 6 & 10 years after enrollment for federal-aid recipients (irs.gov).
- College Scorecard, Field of Study - program-level (credential) earnings & debt (collegescorecard.ed.gov).
- Federal Student Aid (Title IV / NSLDS) - U.S. Department of Education - net price, student debt & aid-recipient repayment outcomes (studentaid.gov).
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