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Private for-profit · Less-than-2-year

Welder Training and Testing Institute

Allentown, Pennsylvania

26
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DR Rating
DegreeReturn Rating — Poor value

A 0–100 composite of ROI, graduate earnings, net price, debt and graduation rate. How it’s scored.

Poor return
$-50,903 over 10 years

Estimated for a typical student paying the average net price over 1 years.

On these figures the cost and debt outweigh the earnings premium.

Never
Break-even
-226%
10-year ROI
$42,160
Median earnings as of 2024
84% of Welder Training and Testing Institute students earn more than a typical U.S. high-school graduate (about $28,000/yr) ten years after starting — measured from IRS tax records, not surveys.

The numbers behind the verdict

$22,503
Average net price / yr as of 2024
$42,160
Median earnings (5 yr) as of 2024
$47,528
Median earnings (1 yr) as of 2024
Median debt at graduation as of 2024
Graduation rate as of 2024
84%
Earn more than a HS grad as of 2024
Repaying their loans (3 yr) as of 2024
Retention rate as of 2024

Lifetime ROI: the long view

Cumulative net gain over a high-school-only earner at different career lengths, with tuition and debt interest already subtracted. Built on IRS-verified federal earnings — not self-reported surveys.

$-50,903
After 10 years
$-79,303
After 20 years
$-107,703
After 30 years
$-136,103
After 40 years

Conservative: holds year-5 earnings flat (no raises). Adjust the assumptions, or see the highest 20-year ROI colleges.

Equity & access

Who the college serves and whether the payoff reaches everyone — earnings ten years after starting (IRS-linked), with access measures from federal enrollment data.

By family-income background
From lower-income families
$53,258
From higher-income families
$61,620

14% gap between the two groups

By student status (FAFSA)
Dependent students
$65,395
Independent students
$49,690

24% gap between the two groups

65%
First-generation students
46%
Take federal student loans
92%
Born in the U.S.
Who studies here
White 75%Hispanic 18%Black 6%Other 2%

Undergraduate enrollment by race/ethnicity. Federal data does not report earnings by race.

Net price by family income

What students actually pay after grants and scholarships, by household income as of 2024.

Family incomeAverage net price / yr
Family income $0–$30k$20,021
$30k–$48k$17,721
$48k–$75k$21,412
$75k–$110k$25,455
$110k+$26,491

How Welder Training and Testing Institute compares

This college against the Pennsylvania and national averages — higher earnings and lower cost/debt are better.

Graduate earnings over time

Median earnings of Welder Training and Testing Institute students 10 years after entering, by cohort year as of 2024.

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Best-paying majors at Welder Training and Testing Institute

Fields of study ranked by their own ROI — earnings five years after graduating against the cost and debt. Click a major for the deep dive.

MajorCredentialEarnings (5 yr)Median debt10-yr ROIVerdict
Precision Metal WorkingCertificate$42,160$9,217-210%Poor return

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ROI at Welder Training and Testing Institute

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Admissions & profile

Admission rate
0
Average SAT
0
Median ACT
55
Undergraduates

Location

Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard. ROI is computed by Degree Return — see how. Read the methodology. Data as of 2024.

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