Quick High Paying Non-College Certificate - CISCO Network Associate (CCNA)
NonCollege Pathways - IT Certification - CISCO's CCNA Certification
If your job isn’t paying at least $80K a year, listen up.
Some of the best parts:
✅ You don’t need to go to college.
✅ It’s quick — you can finish in just 3 to 4 months, putting in 3 to 5 hours per week of study time.
✅ It’s fully online — all you need is a computer with internet.
✅ You can study and complete modules at any time — it’s fully self-paced.
✅ It leads to amazing careers in TECHNOLOGY.
It’s called the CCNA Certification — that stands for Cisco Certified Network Associate.
It comes from Cisco, the largest networking hardware company in the world — their systems power companies, hospitals, schools, and governments everywhere.
When you have a Cisco certification, employers know you’re serious.
🌎 Who can do this?
✅ Adults can do this — whether you went to college or not.
✅ It doesn’t matter how old you are.
✅ It doesn’t matter where you’re from — whether you’re rich or poor, an immigrant, a resident, or a citizen — this means YOU.
✅ High school students can do this as a side gig, so they don’t have to mop floors like I did putting myself through college.
✅ Even current college students can use this to build a much better-paying side hustle while still in school.
🕒 Time commitment
✅ Just 3 to 5 hours a week to finish in about 4 months (120 days).
💰 Costs (good news!)
✅ Study modules, labs, and practice tests through Cisco Net Academy — FREE
✅ Official CCNA Certification (Cisco Certified Network Associate) exam fee— $300
And if you can’t afford the $300 right now, and live in Sacramento County, we have good news — we’ve partnered with EdTechQuity, a Sacramento-based nonprofit, to raise funds specifically to help low-income learners in Sacramento with scholarships to cover this exam fee.
👉 EdTechQuity is serious about eliminating obstacles for low-income learners.
If you’d like to help support this effort — or bring it to your county — check out the link in the description.
📚 This is what Professor G recommends before getting started…
✅ Watch all 15 short videos from Jeremy’s IT Lab on YouTube: • Networking Fundamentals — they explain everything in simple, clear language.
If, after watching these videos, you're SERIOUSLY interested, then complete the following steps:
✅ 1️⃣ Create your free account at CISCO's netacad.com
✅ 2️⃣ Enroll in the CCNA course
✅ 3️⃣ Complete the labs and hands-on exercises
✅ 4️⃣ Take the practice quizzes and exams — keep going until you’re consistently passing them
✅ 5️⃣ When you’re confident, sign up for the official CCNA Certification exam — $300 fee, or apply for scholarship help if you need it!
If you'd like to donate to helping low-income learners pay for testing fees, please see EdTechQuity's website for more information: https://givebutter.com/donatetecoguide
💥 Pro tip: Don’t rush — finish all the modules, pass the practice tests, and set yourself up to pass on your first try.
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