Payroll Programs

University of California Riverside

• The University of California in Riverside has a payroll program that leads to a payroll administration professional achievement award upon completion. This program can be completed in as little as six to nine months, but must be completed in no more than five years. Students must complete both the fundamentals course and the advanced course in order to receive the award. Topics include payroll operation, payroll accounting, payroll benefits, advanced tax reporting and payroll management.

  University of California Riverside

  900 University Avenue

  Riverside, CA 92521

  951-827-1012

  ucr.edu

California State University at East Bay

• California State University at East Bay has a payroll practice and management certificate program that is designed to prepare newcomers in the payroll profession with necessary training, as well as to provide current payroll professionals with an opportunity to update their payroll knowledge. The curriculum consists of four modules which include taxation and compensation, wage and hour law, payroll management and year-end reporting and fringe benefits, and compensation and taxation. Topics that are covered include flexible spending accounts, manual check policy, deferred compensation and classification of workers.

  California State University at East Bay

  25800 Carlos Bee Boulevard

  Hayward, CA 94542

  510-885-3605

  ce.csueastbay.edu

Chapman University

• Chapman University has an online payroll program that is designed for students who are beginners as well as for those who are more advanced and need to sharpen their skills. After completion of this certificate program, students earn four units of continuing education credit. Courses take approximately eight hours each to complete and include federal wage and hour law, state wage and hour law, fringe benefits, compensation and taxation, payroll management, and year-end reporting and taxation and compensation.

  Chapman University

  One University Drive

  Orange, CA 92866

  714-997-6815

  chapman.edu

Century College

• Century College has a payroll program in preparation for the certification examination. Students choose to pursue the mastery course or the fundamentals course and must have internet access for both courses. Students who enroll in the fundamentals course study topics such as payroll fundamentals, paycheck fundamentals, payroll accounting, and payroll benefit basics. Topics in the mastery course include payroll tax reporting, record keeping, federal taxation and other legislation and fair labor standards.

  Century College

  3300 Century Avenue North

  White Bear Lake, MN 55110

  651-779-3200

  century.edu