IPEDS ID 487791

Arclabs

Piedmont, South Carolina. In the 2023-24 award year this school reported 599 awards in the trades we track: welding.

Address: 2615 Highway 153, B-3, Piedmont, SC 29673
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Website: www.arclabs.edu
Phone: (864) 236-9995
Type: Private for-profit, under 2-year
Accreditor: Accrediting Council for Continuing Education & Training
Federal student aid: Eligible (Title IV)
Undergrads (all programs): 744
Also known as: Arclabs Welding School

Trade programs and graduates

Awards (certificates and degrees) conferred July 2023 to June 2024, first majors, as reported to IPEDS.

Trade	Program (CIP)	Award levels	Awards
Welding	Welding Technology/Welder (48.0508)	Certificate, under 12 weeks (9); Certificate, 12 weeks to 1 year (6); Certificate, 1 to 2 years (584)	599

What it costs

Published charges for 2025-26, as reported to College Scorecard.

Tuition and fees, largest program (whole program)	$22,500
Cost of attendance, per program year (incl. living costs)	$33,995
Average net price after grants (aided students)	$28,727

Trade programs this school listed among its largest, with whole-program charges for 2023-24 (IPEDS program-year charges):

Program	Tuition + fees	Books + supplies	Length	Months
Welding Technology/Welder	$18,900	$950	900 clock hours	7
Welding Technology/Welder	$26,200	$1,200	1,300 clock hours	8
Welding Technology/Welder	$8,400	$650	400 clock hours	3
Welding Technology/Welder	$5,880	$650	280 clock hours	2

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Outcomes

College Scorecard field-of-study results for graduates who received federal aid. Fields are the broader 4-digit program family, so welding and machining share "Precision Metal Working". Earnings are medians for graduates working and not enrolled; cohorts lag several years. Scorecard reports outcomes under the school's federal aid ID, which can combine several branch campuses, so counts can exceed this campus's own graduates.

Field	Credential	Median pay, 1 yr	Median pay, 5 yrs	Median federal debt
Precision Metal Working (48.05)	Undergraduate certificate	$43,267 n=657	$51,496	$9,500

School-wide College Scorecard measures (all programs, and all campuses that share the federal aid ID):

Completion rate within 150% of normal time (first-time, full-time students, all programs): 79%
Median federal debt of completers, all programs: $8,945

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WELD 88
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Isothermal Community College

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Sources: IPEDS Completions 2023-24 (C2024_A) and Directory (HD2024), NCES; College Scorecard institution data (2025-26 charges, released Nov 2, 2026) and field-of-study data (Oct 15, 2026); FMCSA Training Provider Registry (as of 2026-11-02); BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025. Checked 2026-11-02. IPEDS unit ID 487791. How we build this list.