Tulsa Welding School-Tulsa
For-profit College in Tulsa, OK. Six-year graduation rate 68%. Median 10-year earnings $41,067.
Median earnings ten years after entry come to $41,067, below what most undergraduate institutions return — the central fact to weigh against cost here. 68% graduate within six years, so most students who start here finish here. Graduates leave owing a median of $9,500 — modest by four-year standards. Mobility is where this school separates itself: 5.8% of students move from the bottom income quintile to the top.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ Debt-to-income ratio 0.23 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Academics
A 68% six-year graduation rate is the strongest academic signal on this page. 79% of full-time first-years come back for year two, so about one in five are gone before sophomore year. The 30:1 student-faculty ratio is high, so large classes and limited faculty contact should be the expectation. This is a for-profit two-year institution. That is not disqualifying, but it does mean verifying accreditation, transferability of credits, and job-placement claims directly rather than trusting the category. At 1,579 undergraduates, expect a small, closely-held student body.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 1,579 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Students pay $34,440 a year on average after aid, a premium price that the earnings data has to justify. Net price varies modestly by income — $34,204 at $0–30k against $38,238 at $110k+ — so the average is a fair guide for most families. Grant aid reaches 79% of students at an average of $6,700. Most students borrow — 71% take federal loans to cover the gap.
Entering first-year students
A different, smaller group than the rates above: full-time students in their first year of college anywhere. The grant series here also excludes the "other sources" counted in the all-undergraduate figure, so the two are not comparable.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · 842 students
Net price by family income
The same students as the headline above, limited to those who received Title IV federal aid — a narrower group, with a lower overall average. IPEDS publishes no combined figure across these bands, so they should not be averaged into one.
| Family income band | Average net price |
|---|---|
| $0–30k | $34,204 |
| $30–48k | $33,686 |
| $48–75k | $35,306 |
| $75–110k | $37,305 |
| $110k+ | $38,238 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 1,125 of these 1,579 students, totalling $6,896,400 — an average of $6,130 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Tulsa County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026
Veterans & GI Bill
VA GI Bill Comparison Tool (Veterans Affairs GIDS)