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Received special education or passed a test
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Considered just below the standard of an academic degree
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Inexpensive, but proof you have some training in a structured environment in a certain field
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Qualifications in higher education
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Shorter than a degree or diploma
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Learn your way to a new career
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Delivers the professional training and credential you need for a new job/promotion in less time, less money
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Less time commitment for those with more work hours, family time, commute time, travel a lot, in the military
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Certificate online can be 100 to 150 hours less than campus program
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Wide selection of programs, tailored toward working professionals and busy adults
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Put career on faster track or get into a new field all together
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Document attesting that a person has completed an educational course – sometimes from an institution that cannot grant a diploma or a student not qualifying for a diploma
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Attesting to training, aptitude and qualification
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Completing a course of study not leading to a diploma
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Fulfilled requirements to practice a specific field
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One year program or less, technology certificates may only be 4-6 mos
