Business and Financial
Whether you want to start working quickly, grow in your current job, or transfer toward a bachelor's degree, there's a pathway here that fits your goals, your schedule, and the experience you already bring.
Accounting & Finance
Love working with numbers, taxes, and the financial side of a business? Every accounting credential shares the same core, so you can start with a short certificate, begin working, and stack your way up to a degree later without losing credits.
Keep a business's books accurate. Prepares you for bookkeeping roles and the Certified Bookkeeper credential.
Individual and business taxation for seasonal or year-round tax work. Preps you toward the Accredited Tax Preparer credential.
Builds on the certificate skills and adds business communication and workplace readiness for entry-level accounting roles.
A full career credential. The diploma and A.A.S. share 42 core credits, so it's easy to move between them as your goals grow.
Transfers to a four-year accounting program — the route toward a bachelor's degree and the CPA exam.
MOS Excel Specialist/Expert, QuickBooks Certification, Certified Payroll Professional, Certified Bookkeeper, and Accredited Tax Preparer.
Business & Management
Want to lead, manage, or build toward a business career? These programs are designed to transfer. Start with a short certificate to build practical skills, then keep going — your certificate credits apply toward your degree.
Practical skills in management, marketing, business law, communication, and technology. Stacks toward a Business associate degree.
The first two years of a bachelor's degree, built to transfer broadly — including private and out-of-state universities like Metro State and Minnesota State Moorhead.
Transfers as a junior into Minnesota State universities — Bemidji, Metro State, Mankato, Moorhead, Southwest, St. Cloud, and Winona. Headed to Mankato? Ask about the Future Maverick Program.
The online, one-course-at-a-time version of the Business Certificate. Finish in a structured 12-month format, earn credit for what you already know, and apply every course toward the A.S. in Business.
The same transfer degree, online and at your speed — one course at a time (~3 years) or two at a time (~2 years). Earn credit for what you already know, then move into Minnesota State Mankato's online MavBiz BBA.
It's now offered through Riverland's Customized Training department, with hands-on options for new and current business owners.
Turn work experience, military training, or certifications into college credit — and save time and money on your degree.
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