Why Enroll at Kaplan Continuing Education?

Kaplan Continuing Education is powered by Kaplan Inc.'s 70-year history of success in test preparation, professional development, and adult education.* Kaplan Continuing Education provides online professional studies and career education to help students pursue their goals. Kaplan Continuing Education offers:

Ongoing Support

From the first class to completion of your certificate, Kaplan Continuing Education's support is focused on you. Admissions Advisors will help you compare available programs and find the right fit for your personal and career goals. It is a decision you make for yourself and one that could benefit countless others.

Expert Instructors

Our faculty offers something more than the ability to teach at the college level. They have first-hand experience in their respective fields. You will get insight and knowledge from practicing professionals who have been there.

A Career Focus

Whether you are looking to advance in your current position or enter a new field, Kaplan Continuing Education's academic programs could give you the education you need to get started.† The certificate programs are developed with one thing in mind: to help provide you with the knowledge and skills to get you where you want to be.

*Kaplan Continuing Education is a part of Kaplan University. Kaplan University is a part of Kaplan Higher Education Corp., which is a part of Kaplan, Inc.

†Kaplan Continuing Education's programs are designed to prepare graduates to pursue employment in their field of study, or in related fields. However, Kaplan Continuing Education does not guarantee that graduates will be placed in any particular job or employed at all.

Business and Finance Certificates

Kaplan Continuing Education's business and finance online certificate programs have been created specifically for experienced professionals who want to expand their career options.* Choose the online certificate that meets your professional goals.

Certificate in Environmental Sustainability

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Now may be a great time to "go green" and help distinguish yourself as a specialist in the field of environmental sustainability. The Environmental Sustainability Certificate focuses on the best ways to combine environmentalism with profitable business management strategies. You have the opportunity to study environmental sustainability and innovative approaches to recognize, research, and find solutions to a range of complex issues. A certificate in environmental sustainability demonstrates concern for the world's future and could help enhance your career prospects in the private, public, or nonprofit sectors.*

Certificate in Financial Planning

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Financial planners manage their clients' finances—income, assets and tax management. In addition, they may forge detailed plans to outline how their clients can best achieve their financial goals. As a financial planner, you could work independently as a consultant or with banks, brokerage firms, insurance companies, accounting firms and more.*

Professionals in the following financial services industries could be ideally suited to the field of financial planning:

• Insurance
• Financial advising
• Accounting and bookkeeping
• Banking
• Securities and investments

Career changers and other interested individuals are also encouraged to apply.

Accelerated Option

Kaplan now offers a Financial Planning Accelerated Certificate program. For those that are looking to complete their program in a shorter amount of time, this version will put you on the fast-track for success. This accelerated option can be completed in 4 months.

Certificate in Lean Six Sigma Green Belt

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Consider the Lean Six Sigma Green Belt Certificate program if you are interested in helping businesses improve production with a disciplined, data-driven approach that reduces defects from every product, process, and customer transaction.* As a Lean Six Sigma quality professional, you could gain breakthrough knowledge on how to improve processes to be more efficient and at a lower cost. The Lean Six Sigma process could be used to improve nearly every facet of business; from production, to human resources, to order entry, to technical support. Unlike quality improvement efforts of the past, Lean Six Sigma Green Belt is designed to provide tangible business results and savings directly traceable to the bottom line.

Certificate in Project Management

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As a project manager, you could optimize resources, including time, money, and human capital, to achieve organizational goals. Utilize your project management skills in a multitude of industries including business, information technology, construction, financial services, engineering, or health care, to name a few. *

Professionals in the following industries could be ideally suited to the field of project management:

• Business
• Information technology
• Construction
• Insurance
• Financial services
• Health care
• Training and education
• Manufacturing
• Government
• Utilities
• Engineering
• Telecommunications
• Pharmaceuticals
• Real estate
• Consulting
• Aerospace
• Resources (agriculture, mining, etc.)
• Food and beverage

Accelerated Option

Kaplan now offers a Project Management Accelerated Certificate program. For those that are looking to complete their program in a shorter amount of time, this version will put you on the fast-track for success. This accelerated option can be completed in 4 months.

Certificate in Risk Management

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Risk managers are dedicated to risk control and loss prevention for property, liability, human resource, and net income risks. The Risk Management Certificate teaches you to assess risks, evaluate risk management solutions, make decisions under conditions of uncertainty and monitor a risk management system. You could work independently or as a risk manager in a variety of business practice settings, including risk management, loss prevention, operations and more.*

Professionals in the following industries could be ideally suited to the field of risk management:

• Business
• Management
• Insurance
• Finance
• Accounting
• Government
• Retail
• Utilities
• Independent consultants

Career changers and other interested individuals with at least an associate's degree are also encouraged to apply.

Certificate in Six Sigma

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Consider our Six Sigma Certificate program if you are pursuing a career that aids businesses in improving production with a disciplined, data-driven approach that minimizes faults from every product, process, and customer transaction. As a Six Sigma quality professional, you will be immersed in innovative knowledge on how to improve processes to do things better, faster, and at a lower cost. The Six Sigma process is helpful in the improvement of various aspects of business; from production, to human resources, to order entry, to technical support. Unlike past quality improvement efforts, Six Sigma provides tangible business results and savings.

Graduate Certificate in Executive Business Management

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The Executive Business Management Certificate provides business professionals with the opportunity to enhance their knowledge of business theory as well as develop professional business skills within a specific area of interest. The following specialization tracks are designed to encourage specific business skill development: corporate finance, general management, international business, and marketing.

*Kaplan Continuing Education's programs are designed to prepare graduates to pursue employment in their field of study, or in related fields. However, Kaplan Continuing Education does not guarantee that graduates will be placed in any particular job or employed at all.

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