Purdue University Global and Google have partnered to design certificates for working adults looking to develop skills in project management and other areas such as IT, business, and health care. Get college credit while earning the Google Project Management Certificate plus a Purdue Global micro-credential.
Personalize your project management program with short, focused micro-credentials designed to match your career goals—whether you’re wanting to break into a new industry or build on the skills you already have.*
Choose from more than 20 micro-credentials to earn alongside your Google Project Management Certificate and learn the skills that interest you most and prepare you for the career you want.
Your goals are closer than you might think. Earn your Purdue Global + Google Project Management Certificate in about a year or less, and get on the fast track to your career.†
You have a life outside of your education. Take advantage of 100% online classes that fit into your work and life schedules.
The Purdue Global + Google Project Management Certificate is designed to stack directly into your next academic endeavor. Your credits are eligible to apply toward an associate’s degree or bachelor’s degree, where you can reduce your program length by up to a year.‡
Upon completion of the program, you will have earned three credentials including a Google Career Certificate, a Purdue Global micro-credential badge, and a co-branded Purdue Global diploma.
Celebrate the credentials you earn from Purdue Global and Google in this program. Show off your credentials as you earn them. Post them on your social media profiles such as LinkedIn, and highlight your skills on your resume.
The Purdue Global + Google Career Certificate courses help you develop an understanding and the foundational skills of project management, while the Purdue Global micro-credential gives you industry-specific knowledge. Together, they teach you how to apply your new skills most effectively in your area of interest. Choose from one of the 20+ pathways below.
46 Total Credits
$9,455 Total Cost
Supplement what you learn about the fundamentals of project management with practical courses in accounting. Coursework covers the basics of accounting, federal tax, statistics, and mathematics.
46 Total Credits
$9,455 Total Cost
Put what you learn in project management together with a business development micro-credential that’s designed to teach you the foundational information you need to grow a business through sales and marketing. This micro-credential includes courses in marketing and consumer behavior, as well as international business development and more.
46 Total Credits
$9,455 Total Cost
In this micro-credential you’ll learn accounting, finance, marketing, and management principles that you can apply to your skills as a project manager.
46 Total Credits
$9,455 Total Cost
Combine the skills you learn in your project management certificate with the fundamental education of starting and managing a business. Learn how to start a business, how to sell, and how to manage the work you’re doing.
46 Total Credits
$9,455 Total Cost
Interested in the world of IT? This micro-credential will give you exposure to a broad range of topics in the industry of cloud computing to go along with your project management certificate. You will study the in-demand field of cloud computing, as well as building and maintaining networks and network infrastructure.
46 Total Credits
$9,455 Total Cost
Learn the fundamentals of the fast-growing field of cybersecurity while honing your skills in the Google Project Management Certificate program. Coursework includes learning a broad range of disciplines such as cybersecurity, network administration, and programming.
46 Total Credits
$9,455 Total Cost
Paired with your Google project management coursework, this micro-credential will provide you with an understanding of how to compile and present data for use in helping to make business decisions. You’ll take courses in statistics, data analysis, and more.
46 Total Credits
$9,455 Total Cost
Learn to manage marketing for a global business in this micro-credential. Coupled with your Google project management coursework, you will take courses covering a variety of topics like global logistics, marketing, and business development.
46 Total Credits
$9,455 Total Cost
The health care administration micro-credential starts an exploration into the health care industry and provides a survey of the core disciplines of health care administration. Along with your Google project management courses you will study health care administration topics such as ethics, strategy, and general health care management.
46 Total Credits
$9,455 Total Cost
This micro-credential provides a foundational level of knowledge and skills in the broad arena of health informatics, enabling entry-level opportunities in health information and health informatics.
46 Total Credits
$9,455 Total Cost
Work toward your Google Project Management Certificate while earning a micro-credential in health information management. You’ll get an introduction to using available services and technologies to support operations, management, and decision-making initiatives within the health information field.
46 Total Credits
$9,455 Total Cost
The human resource management micro-credential is designed to provide you with the knowledge to effectively staff an organization. By completing this micro-credential, you will have an understanding of the factors that influence employee recruitment and retention, the essentials of designing effective training programs, and a basic knowledge of employment-related laws.
46 Total Credits
$9,455 Total Cost
The IT fundamentals micro-credential provides you with the foundational skills necessary to enter the IT workforce in a support role. The credential prepares you with essential desktop, website, and database software support skills while you develop your skills as a project manager with the Google Project Management Certificate.
46 Total Credits
$9,455 Total Cost
The leadership micro-credential is designed to build skills and awareness of how strategic and professional communications contribute to becoming a strong leader. The micro-credential will develop an understanding in leading change, decision-making, and negotiation, allowing you to promote yourself as an effective leader in a continually changing global workplace while building your project management skills with the Google project management coursework.
46 Total Credits
$9,455 Total Cost
Writing for the new forms of media in the digital age requires an updated set of skills. The new media writing micro-credential covers topics such as the role of storytelling in electronic media, digital communication technologies, and the use of data, metrics, and other forms of research to support new media writing.
46 Total Credits
$9,455 Total Cost
The nutrition micro-credential offers an introduction into the principles of healthy living, teaches you to apply them to the education of individuals and communities, and provides a chance to develop administrative, ethical, and professional skills that are relevant to leadership positions in the increasingly diverse nutritional field.
46 Total Credits
$9,455 Total Cost
The psychology micro-credential is designed to equip you with knowledge of how the principles of psychology inform behavior, thoughts, and emotions in a variety of settings. Alongside your Google project management coursework, the psychology micro-credential will foster an understanding of the theories and allow application of the principles of emotion, thought, behavior, memory, and decision-making to modern-day settings.
46 Total Credits
$9,455 Total Cost
This micro-credential is designed to provide knowledge of how principles of human services inform behavior, thoughts, and emotions in a variety of settings. The micro-credential will allow you to identify social problems, explore community resources to address social problems, and recognize the effects these problems have on individuals and society.
46 Total Credits
$9,455 Total Cost
The sport management micro-credential is for those who want to pursue administrative and management careers in the sport and recreation industry. The credential will provide you with a broad understanding of the industry, management skills, knowledge of sport sales and sponsorships, as well as an awareness of the use of analytics in sports.
46 Total Credits
$9,455 Total Cost
Upon completing this micro-credential, you will possess an advanced understanding of your unique strengths, and how you can leverage your strengths to effectively lead individuals and organizations. The strengths-oriented leadership micro-credential is based on decades of data compiled by Gallup, and focuses on developing organizational leadership skills with an emphasis on the CliftonStrengths model.
46 Total Credits
$9,455 Total Cost
The supply chain logistics micro-credential focuses on the logistics and distribution aspects of supply chain management, providing you with both the technical skills for solving business problems and the conceptual foundation for elevating your career. You will learn about designing systems that deliver the right amount of products to the right place at the right time. This micro-credential also covers data analysis in the supply chain environment. Be hands on with information system tools, and work on applying what you learned to an organization.
46 Total Credits
$9,455 Total Cost
Organizations cannot function without the required supply. Through this micro-credential, you will learn how to apply data analytics tools to optimizing value in the supply chain as well as develop skills in negotiations and writing contracts.
Note: Tuition total does not account for per term fees ($345 resource fee and $65 program fee). View tuition details.
93% of first-year and senior students rate their Purdue Global experience as “excellent” or “good.”
92% of seniors would “definitely” or “probably” attend Purdue Global again.
Source: National Survey of Student Engagement, Fall 2019.
Gain the job-ready skills and knowledge you need to land in-demand roles.
Jobs: Project Management Specialists, Business Operations Specialists, General Managers, and Operations Managers
Below are general salary ranges for a position with a professional focus and a Google Project Management Certificate:
Salaries for a project management specialist or business operations specialist with a professional focus and a Google Project Management Certificate generally range from $42,180 to $77,420, with a median salary of $56,790. Salaries for a general or operations manager with a professional focus and a Google Project Management Certificate generally range from $45,850 to $103,650, with a median salary of $67,450. Source for salary range: labor market, salary, and projected growth information are supplied by Emsi. The salary range is based on national data. Actual outcomes vary by geographic area, previous work experience, and opportunities for employment. Purdue Global does not guarantee employment placement, salary level, or career advancement.
If you are already a Google Project Management Certificate holder, you will save the time and cost associated with earning the certificate and can focus on completing the remaining courses to earn your Purdue Global and Google Career Certificate or continue on with another Purdue Global program.‡
We offer multiple start dates to give you flexibility in your education, life, and work schedules.
*Employment and Career Advancement: Purdue Global does not guarantee employment or career advancement. Actual outcomes vary by geographic area, previous work experience and opportunities for employment.
†Completion time based on a full-time schedule. Programs will take longer for part-time students to complete.
‡The University cannot guarantee that students will be granted admission to any future programs. Speak to an Advisor about transfer credit opportunities and see the University Catalog for the Prior Learning Assessment policy.
§Purdue Global cannot guarantee transferability of credit. See the University Catalog for the Prior Learning Assessment policy.
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