UPDATE May 18, 2022

To help those entering the workforce or changing careers, Apple is partnering with community colleges and universities to offer on-campus prep courses for the Apple Certified IT Professional badge. Through its Community Education Initiative (CEI), Apple will provide scholarships to cover the cost of the exams for participating students at its CEI partner institutions. Apple first worked with Austin Community College in Austin, Texas, to offer the Apple deployment course in early 2020, and is expanding to Maricopa Community Colleges in Chandler and Mesa, Arizona, this summer, with additional CEI schools to be announced. Ed Farm, an education nonprofit based in Birmingham, Alabama, will also offer prep courses for Apple’s certification exams this summer through the nonprofit’s ongoing partnership with Apple.

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1. Data comes from the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Computer, and Information Systems Managers.
2. Apple Professional Training exams are offered online and cost $149. Recertification exams for unexpired certifications cost $49.
3. Data was provided by Jamf.
4. The Apple Certified Support Professional badge is a required prerequisite to earn the Apple Certified IT Professional badge.