FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

We do not offer tuition refunds or withdrawals after the start of courses or certificate programs.

CCPE offers a wide variety of courses and programs ranging in length from 3 weeks to 8 weeks long.  Explore all of our programs to find what best suits your needs.

MindEdge courses and certificates vary in length depending on the program.

Technical bootcamps are 6-7 months long.

Our other certificate offerings are 8 weeks long with approximately 4 hours of work per week, which can be completed on your own time. There are optional (highly encouraged!) live sessions that will be scheduled to best fit the availability of the cohort.

The leadership certificate program is 7 weeks and requires 49-63 hours (42 prep hours/21 certificate hours) of your time.

MindEdge courses and certificates are entirely self-paced with varying time commitments.

Yes, all our current offerings are fully online.

Our certificate programs range in price from $399 to $899.  Please also note that there are no additional fees.  Additionally we offer technical bootcamps that range in price from $8500 to $9500. Lastly, we offer short courses through our MindEdge catalog.

With the exception of our MindEdge courses, yes! Faculty interaction is an essential part of our certificate programs.

Yes, please reach out to us at ccpe@suffolk.edu if you are interested in a custom corporate program.

Our non-credit courses and certificates offer you the opportunity to gain skills essential to succeed in today’s workforce. However, they do not count towards college credit.

Non-credit programs offer a low-cost way to attain skills in a timeframe and environment convenient to most working professionals. The skills attained in a non-credit program can be leveraged for an advanced position or lead to a new, potentially more lucrative career path altogether. For employers, the cost of supporting employees in enrolling in a non-credit program is lower than other methods of closing the skills gaps and carries the added benefits of employee retention and rapidly and agilely adjusting to market demands.

CEUs are Continuing Education Units. CEUs quantify the number of hours spent between instructor and student. For example, a 60-minute interaction between a student and instructor equals 0.1 CEU.

Yes, all of our certificate offerings include a digital badge supplied by Credly that you may share on your resume or social media. 

Digital badges are a tangible way to not only displays your skills (whether on a resume or social media), but they demonstrate dedication to lifelong learning. It is important to note, a digital badge is not just a static image. It contains rich metadata and skill tags to fully represent the skills you developed. Jonathan Finkelstein, founder and CEO of Credly, recently described digital badging as “mapping a clear pathway for students, members, and employees to understand where they have been and where they are headed on their lifelong learning journey.”

Unfortunately, at this time we are not able to provide financial aid or scholarships for our non-credit programs.

Yes, we have payment plans available. Please reach out to us at ccpe@suffolk.edu to discuss our payment plan options.

While some certificates may benefit from specific industry knowledge, there are no required prerequisites for our courses and certificates.

We work with a number of Subject Matter Experts that bring a variety of valuable life experiences and industry knowledge, some of whom are members of the Suffolk University faculty.

Yes, Suffolk University alumni are eligible for a 20% discount on select certificates.

Non-credit simply means a course or certificate that does not count towards college credit. Microcredentials, as defined by UPCEA, “include certificates, micro-credentials, digital badges, or micro-certificates [and] signal specific competencies, certification, and sometimes licensure.” Microcredentials can be used as building blocks to assemble a skillset for career advancement or change.