Arclabs
Arclabs in Piedmont, SC, specializes in welding, pipefitting, and inspection training, offering over 20,000 square feet of dedicated, hands-on learning space with 42 welding booths and pipeline simulators. The school provides flexible day and night classes and offers job placement assistance to graduates. Arclabs is also an American Welding Society (AWS) Accredited Testing Facility, offering industry-recognized certifications.
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All Programs at Arclabs
1 trade program at Arclabs, ranked by TradeSchoolOutlook Score (combines earnings, ROI, AI resilience, and job market size). Use the “compare” links to see how this school’s programs stack up against others nationally.
| Program | Score | Earnings | Debt |
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Welding & Metalworking
Precision Metal Working Compare nationwide → Compare in SC → |
51 | $34,843/yr | $9,500 |
Reading the table: Score combines earnings, ROI, AI resilience, and job market size on a 0–100 scale. Earnings = median first-year salary from College Scorecard. Debt = median federal debt at graduation (blank where Scorecard suppresses small samples). 10yr ROI = projected 10-year earnings ÷ in-state tuition. AI Risk reflects task-level AI exposure across mapped occupations. Job Market = annual openings nationwide for connected occupations.
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About This Data
TradeSchoolOutlook analyzes 1 trade and vocational programs at Arclabs using earnings data from the U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard and employment projections from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (2024–2034).
The TradeSchoolOutlook Score (0–100) combines graduate earnings, return on investment, AI resilience, and job market size. AI Risk reflects task-level exposure for the occupations each program feeds into. Job Market shows the size of the national hiring pool. Programs without published debt figures had small reporting samples that the College Scorecard suppresses for privacy.