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Career-Relevant Skills to Boost Your Career

Stay up-to-date on the latest developments and best practices in your industry with a fast and affordable online certificate program. Alternatively, pursue a certificate to strengthen your resume with new knowledge and skills. With programs in education, business, healthcare and nursing, you can bolster or augment your career quickly in whatever way you need on your schedule. Plus, many of our low-cost certificate programs can stack up to a master’s degree, putting you on a fast track toward additional future advancement.

Skills and Knowledge Gained

Certificate programs are great for targeted skill and knowledge development. You’ll want to find a certificate with courses that align directly to the areas in which you want to grow. At ACE, our online certificate programs are designed to help you reach specific professional goals so that you know you’re spending your time and money on exactly what you need to get ahead. Here are some of the milestones our certificates can help you accomplish:

Earning your administrative or principal certification
Obtaining credit hour requirements to teach dual credit courses or at the college level
Getting 30 additional graduate credits which may elevate your salary tier
Understanding how to develop programs that teach adults
Developing leadership and coaching skills

Certificate Admission

Along with ACE’s general admission requirements, our certificates have minimum GPA requirements that must be met for admission. For most certificates, you must hold a degree at the bachelor’s level with a minimum GPA of 2.5 on a 4.0 scale for full admission. However, this varies from program to program.

Some certificate programs also require additional documentation, such as an initial teaching license or an active, unencumbered RN license. Find detailed admission requirements for your program of interest on the program’s page.

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Low-Cost, High Quality

You deserve a great return on your educational investment, and we deliver master’s degrees at a total average cost of $10,000. We also award over $1.2M in scholarships and grants each year.

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Quality You Expect

We are accredited by the Higher Learning Commission. Our faculty work in the industries where you work and are committed to your success, contributing to our 86% graduation rate.* Our curriculum equips you with practical strategies you can apply right away, as well as skills to help you advance your career.

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Flexibility You Need

Our virtual campus and convenient start dates provide you the flexibility you need to achieve your goals at a time and place that works with your busy schedule. Our student support services are available 24/7 and tutoring is included at no additional cost.

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Certificate FAQs

Are online certificates worth it?

Yes! Certificate programs are an opportunity for you to learn new skills or strengthen existing ones without needing to pursue another degree. You also get the advantage of putting another academic program on your resume, which you may not get if you take a one-off online course or webinar.

How long does it take to complete an online certificate program?

The length of your certificate program will vary depending on how many courses it has. Our shortest certificate program takes three months to complete.* On average, our typical certificate program takes around nine months to complete.*

What is the difference between an online certificate program and a master’s degree?

The biggest difference is that certificates are not degrees. The level of coursework in your certificate might be at the master’s level, but earning a full master’s degree will require more credits, courses and sometimes the completion of a culminating project. For that reason, certificates take much less time to complete. They also cost less.

Do employers care about certificates?

Yes! Having certificates on your resume provides proof that you have skills and knowledge in those particular areas, helping you stand out from the crowd. In some industries, certain certificates are required for specific roles. If you are looking for a way to demonstrate your readiness to move up or move on, a certificate may be just what you need.

^*This is an estimated time to completion. Actual completion time may vary depending on the number of transfer credits applied, availability of courses, a satisfactory pace, successful course completion and meeting program milestones as required.

²All values shown are an estimated value of the cost of tuition and fees. Actual amounts may vary depending on the number of transfer credits applied to the selected program hours, the pace and satisfactory completion of the selected program, the receipt of scholarship or grant amounts, or adjustments to tuition or fees as described in the Catalog Right to Modify Tuition section. State sales and use tax will apply where required by law.

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