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Welding classes in Riverside, California

36 welding programs with costs, results and funding that can make them free

6 schools offer these welding programs with classes in the Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario area, and every one is approved for workforce funding. Each shows its price if you pay yourself and how past students did. One school runs 31 of these 36 programs, so the typical figures lean heavily on its prices and results.

Welders join and cut metal parts with hand-held or remotely controlled equipment. Most have a high school diploma plus technical training, and some employers ask for a certification for particular jobs.1

In Riverside, 24 of the 36 programs take students without a high school diploma, 11 ask for a diploma or equivalent and 1 asks for earlier courses first.

By kind, the 36 programs here are general welding (12 programs), structural welding (8 programs), pipe welding (8 programs), single welding process (6 programs), and 2 more of one other kind.

See the 36 programs

All 98 welding programs in California, including online programs

How much do welding classes cost in Riverside?

$6,100 to $18,675 is what most welding programs in Riverside cost if you pay yourself

That is the middle half of the 36 programs with a price. All of them: $275 to $25,050

In the typical program

Finished the program
93%
Working 6 months later
83%
Earned a year, estimated
Not enough data
Only 5 of 36 programs report it
Length
8 to 24 weeks

Source: US Department of Labor, program year 2024 (July 2024 to June 2025). Only programs approved for workforce funding are listed; other schools in Riverside may also offer welding classes. How these figures are made

Are there free welding classes in Riverside?

Who qualifies, and other ways to pay: financial aid, grants and the GI Bill

All 36 welding programs in Riverside approved for WIOA funding

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How to pay for welding classes in Riverside

WIOA funding can pay for welding classes in Riverside

Every program on this page is approved for it. Whether you qualify, how much your local area pays and how to apply are on our page Does WIOA pay for job training?

Financial aid and grants for welding classes

Most students can get federal student aid for college, career school or trade school. A Federal Pell Grant, unlike a loan, usually doesn't have to be repaid. Ask the school whether its program qualifies.67

GI Bill for welding classes

Veterans, service members and qualified dependents can use GI Bill benefits for non-college training programs.8

The program list does not show which programs accept these. Ask the school.

Other training in Riverside

How welding classes compare with the rest of skilled trades across California: Trade school programs in California

Where the Riverside welding program numbers come from

Which Riverside welding programs are on this list?

These are the welding programs with classes in the Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario area that are approved for WIOA funding (public workforce funding under the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act), as reported to the US Department of Labor for program year 2024 (July 2024 to June 2025). Each state keeps its approved programs on an eligible training provider list (ETPL).9 The list here covers programs approved as of June 30, 2025. Online programs are left out here; they are on the California page. Schools that never applied for approval are missing, so this is a part of what the area offers.

How the prices and results of Riverside welding programs are measured

Prices are tuition and required fees for someone paying without workforce funding, as the school reported them; check the current price with the school. Results describe students who left each program in recent years, so they are no guarantee, and the yearly earnings are the reported quarter times four, an estimate. A program without a "Trained with WIOA funding" line may still take WIOA students. Where a field was left empty or withheld, the page says "Not reported", and "Left out" where a figure was filed but failed one of our checks; nothing is estimated to fill a gap. Where the numbers come from explains each figure in full.

Sources for the facts about welding classes in Riverside

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  1. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Outlook Handbook: Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers
  2. US Department of Labor, TrainingProviderResults.gov: About This Site
  3. US Department of Labor: WIOA Adult Program
  4. Code of Federal Regulations, title 20, part 680, sections 680.220, 680.230 and 680.310: career services before training, other grants such as Pell Grants first, and limits on Individual Training Accounts (GovInfo, 2024 edition)
  5. US Department of Labor: American Job Centers
  6. US Department of Education, Federal Student Aid: Eligibility for Federal Student Aid
  7. US Department of Education, Federal Student Aid: Don't Miss Out on Federal Pell Grants
  8. US Department of Veterans Affairs: GI Bill benefits for non-college degree programs
  9. US Department of Labor, Training and Employment Guidance Letter 8-19, Attachment I: Requirements for Training Providers, Program Eligibility, and the State Eligible Training Provider (ETP) List