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The School of Management and Labor Relations offers individuals with bachelor’s degrees the chance to obtain graduate certificates consisting of four graduate-level courses. 

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Graduate certificate programs through the School of Management and Labor Relations involve a series of regular graduate courses. Credits can later be transferred to one of the master’s programs offered by the School of Management and Labor Relations.

For students currently in a Rutgers graduate program, a certificate offers the opportunity to add knowledge and practical skills in complementary areas to enrich your course of study. By choosing electives that lead to a certificate, you can have a “concentration” that you can put on your resume and a “certificate” that will appear on your transcript.

Graduate Certificate Programs

Please note: For more information about the Graduate Certificate in Strategic HRM or the Human Capital Analytics Certificate, please email Dave Ferio, Director, Graduate Program in Human Resource Management. For all other certificate programs, please follow the information below.

How to Apply

For current Rutgers graduate students:

For application related questions and registration guidance, please contact Ann Marie Fiorella-Mullen, MLER Graduate Student Advisor.

For students not currently enrolled at Rutgers:

For more information on the certificate program and options for your academic future, contact Professor Francis Ryan, MLER Program Director.  

If you wish to complete a Certificate on a fully online basis, please contact Professor Ryan before applying because special application instructions are required.

To apply to complete a certificate, on a mixed in-person and online basis, as a non-degree student, apply to Rutgers Graduate Admissions. Click here to begin an application for admission.

All students:

Once you begin your application and have questions, please contact Ann Marie Fiorella-Mullen, MLER Graduate Student Advisor.

Application Requirements

  • Statement of purpose (personal statement)
  • Official transcript from each post-secondary institution attended
  • Resume
  • $70 nonrefundable application fee

When completing the application for admission, select the program to which you are applying. If you are unsure, please select the Labor and Employment Relations Certificate (unless you are specifically interested in the Strategic HRM certificate or the Human Capital Analytics certificate) – we can transfer you to the correct program after admission. 

Frequently Asked Questions

How much does a graduate certificate program cost?

If not already enrolled in a degree program at Rutgers, students enrolled in mixed in-person and online certificate programs pay the "in state" or "out of state" tuition rate. 

  • The in-state tuition rate for 2024-2025 is $1,022 per credit or $3,066 per 3-credit course.*
  • The out of state tuition rate for 2024-2025 is $1,720 per credit or $5,160 per 3-credit course.*

Students in a fully online certificate program pay the graduate online tuition rate no matter where they live.  For 2024-2025 that rate is $1,230 per credit or $3,690 per 3-credit course.*  

Please note that FAFSA loans are not permitted for study as a non-degree certificate student.  

* These rates do not include the mandatory fees or the required health insurance rates for international students. Please see tuition chart listed here for clarifications and breakdowns of fees.

Can international students enroll in a graduate certificate program?

If the student is already on a H1 or F1 U.S. visa, approval from the Rutgers Global office is required to continue or pursue the non-degree graduate certificate program and some elements of the in-person mode of instruction are required. Students must take a minimum of 9 credits per semester or follow requirements for a reduced load when applicable in their final semester of study. This is designed only if the student has an approved visa that is transferable to Rutgers University.  

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