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>Trade school cannot continue to be a four letter word in american households. Then they need to stop being predatory and expensive. Here in Indy you basically

>Trade school cannot continue to be a four letter word in american households. Then they need to stop being predatory and expensive. Here in Indy you basically have Lincoln Tech. Let's take a look at one of their programs: https://www.lincolntech.edu/net-price-calculator https://www.lincolntech.edu/net-price-calculator Want to learn "Welding and Metal Fabrication Technology" Estimated net price: $ 31576.00 Are you kidding me? 31k$ to learn how to weld?!?! Looks like average welder income is $16.09 an hour here in Indy... basically a year's gross salary... except you won't start at $16.09, looks like you'll start at $12 an hour or less. If we do your profession: "Diesel and Truck Technology" is $56,253 for a 13 month program "Diesel and Truck Degree" is $63,473 for a 15 month 'degree'!!!

claudiulodro 7y ago
Community college! The PCC[1] welding program costs $5200 for a 1-year certificate. They also offer training in a variety of other trades for roughly the same price. [1] https://www.pcc.edu/programs/welding/ https://www.pcc.edu/programs/welding/
- ryanmercer 7y ago
  IvyTech is really the only 'community college' and in fact is 2 of the 3 schools that come up when you search 'Indianapolis community college' (the other I've never heard of and given the neighborhood it is in I doubt it's a proper educational program) in Google. It is $140 a credit hour (which isn't true, they add tons of fees) for in-state students. Using your example the only welding certificate they have is Structural Welding at 21 credit hours which after all fees appears to be $4690 for in-state students. It appears only 20% of their students actually complete the program on time (within 8 months) too which doesn't say much for the school... https://www.ivytech.edu/academics/gainfulemployment/ge/structural-welding-ct.html https://www.ivytech.edu/academics/gainfulemployment/ge/struc... IUPUI, hands down the cheapest accredited university in Indianapolis, doesn't have a 'welding certificate' or anything remotely approximating it. They do have 'certificates' on their minors page but the only thing remotely trade related is some certificates in motorsports https://acd.iupui.edu/majors/minors-certificates/index.html https://acd.iupui.edu/majors/minors-certificates/index.html I imagine many others cities are in similar positions.

claudiulodro 7y ago

Community college! The PCC[1] welding program costs $5200 for a 1-year certificate. They also offer training in a variety of other trades for roughly the same price. [1] https://www.pcc.edu/programs/welding/ https://www.pcc.edu/programs/welding/

ryanmercer 7y ago
IvyTech is really the only 'community college' and in fact is 2 of the 3 schools that come up when you search 'Indianapolis community college' (the other I've never heard of and given the neighborhood it is in I doubt it's a proper educational program) in Google. It is $140 a credit hour (which isn't true, they add tons of fees) for in-state students. Using your example the only welding certificate they have is Structural Welding at 21 credit hours which after all fees appears to be $4690 for in-state students. It appears only 20% of their students actually complete the program on time (within 8 months) too which doesn't say much for the school... https://www.ivytech.edu/academics/gainfulemployment/ge/structural-welding-ct.html https://www.ivytech.edu/academics/gainfulemployment/ge/struc... IUPUI, hands down the cheapest accredited university in Indianapolis, doesn't have a 'welding certificate' or anything remotely approximating it. They do have 'certificates' on their minors page but the only thing remotely trade related is some certificates in motorsports https://acd.iupui.edu/majors/minors-certificates/index.html https://acd.iupui.edu/majors/minors-certificates/index.html I imagine many others cities are in similar positions.