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Business & Management

General Business associate degree - 2 yearsDevelop skills in communication, leadership, management, problem solving and creative thinking. Start your own business or service. Manage and lead existing organizations. Work in advertising, marketing, public relations or social and multimedia. The possibilities are endless.

Sample Job Median Pay $138,730 (Advertising, Promotions, and Marketing Managers)
 
  • High School:
    Programs offered at Gwinn, Ishpeming, Marquette, Munising, Negaunee and Westwood 
     
  • NMU programs:
    Associate degree (2 years)
    General Business 
    Bachelor's degree (4 years)
    Business Analytics 
    Entrepreneurship 
    Human Resource Management 
    Management 
    Marketing
    Public Relations 
    Ski Area Business Management
    Social Media Design Management 
    Sustainable Business and Enterprise Creation 
    Master's degrees
    Business Administration & Accounting  (4+1 MBA) 
    Business Administration Data Analytics (4+1 MBA) 
    Business Administration (MBA)

     
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Computer Technology & Cyber Security

Learn to program games, physics and virtual reality engines to interact with evolving avatars. Create and build robots; design, build and program computer-controlled machines; learn how to prevent and respond to cyber attacks and hackers; gain mobile and web app development skills. A huge range of job opportunities awaits, with internet-based companies, the healthcare industry, the FBI or Department of Defense, or as an entrepreneur. 

Sample Job Median Pay $112,000 (Information Security Analyst)
 
  • High School:
    Programs offered at Gwinn, Ishpeming, Marquette, Munising, Negaunee and Westwood
     
  • U.P. Cybersecurity Institute 
    Offers a variety of free, paid or for-credit courses online or in-person to all ages to earn industry certifications and credentials
     
  • Middle College: 
    Information Assurance & Cyber Defense (Cybersecurity)
     
  • NMU programs:
    College of Business:
    Certificate (1 year)
    Cyber Defense
    Associate degrees (2 years)
    Cyber Defense 
    Information Systems 
    Bachelor's degrees (4 years)
    Business Analytics and Information Systems
    Information Assurance and Cyber Defense
    Math & Computer Science:
    Bachelor's degrees (4 years)
    Computer Science 
    Embedded Systems 
    Mobile and Web App Development 
    Master's degree
    Computer Science
     
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Digital Design & Multimedia

Create and combine graphics, text, audio, video and animation, experiment with AI and VR and lead the way into an unseen interactive, entertaining and educational future, working in a wide variety of venues. 

Sample Job Median Pay $62,420 (Film and Video Editors and Camera Operators)
 
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Finance & Insurance

Learn about personal finance and money management to corporate accounting using technology and computerized accounting to analyze financial data. Insurance and risk management combines business, accounting, mathematics, statistics and insurance courses. Work in banking, insurance, financial planning, purchasing, human resources, appraising and many other fields.

Sample Job Median Pay $78,000 (Account or Auditor)
 
  • High School:
    Programs offered at Gwinn, Ishpeming, Marquette, Munising, Negaunee and Westwood 
     
  • NMU programs:
    Associate degree (2 years)
    Insurance associate degree - 2 years
    Bachelor's degrees (4 years)
    Accounting 
    Financial Management 
    Insurance and Risk Management 
    Master's degrees
    Business Administration & Accounting  (4+1 MBA) 
    Business Administration Data Analytics (4+1 MBA)
    Business Administration (MBA)