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Madison, Wisconsin: College Degrees and University Courses
TechSkills - Madison
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TechSkills offers flexible IT and business certification training to fit your busy lifestyle and give you the skills you need for a career as a network technician, web developer, bookkeeper, legal assistant, and more. Choose from over 30 locations nationwide and find a job with our powerful career placement tools.
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TechSkills - Medical - Madison
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If you want a career in Health Services, TechSkills' real-world skill building and powerful job placement tools can help. TechSkills provides affordable and flexible training to help you get your Health Services certification in fields like Medical Coding and Medical Transcription. Learn by doing, from our professionally certified instructors.
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Herzing College - Madison
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Take control of your career at Herzing College in Madison, Wisconsin. Day and evening classes are offered in Design/CAD, Electronics/Telecommunications and Information Technology.
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Martin's College of Cosmetology - Madison
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Start your career at Martin's College of Cosmetology, with 5 Wisconsin locations. We give you the hands-on training and skills you need to create great styles and form strong client relationships.
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| ARTICLE: Madison In-Depth |
Madison, Wisconsin is the state's capital city, and the second-largest after Milwaukee. Of the 208,054 residents of Madison, 48% hold bachelor's degrees, a figure twice the national average. In 2004, Forbes magazine ranked Madison #1 in its annual list of best cities for business and careers, partly due to the city's educated labor supply. This is illustrated by the fact that Madison has the most residents per capita with PhDs. The same year, Wisconsin led the upper Midwest in job creation rates.
Madison's two major employers are the Wisconsin state government and the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Other businesses with major operations in Madison include:
- Spectrum Brands
- Alliant Energy
- American Family Insurance
- Credit Union National Association
- CUNA Mutual Group
- Sonic Foundry
- Raven Software
- Renaissance Learning
Madison is home to a number of media outlets, including newspaper, television, and radio stations. One popular program recorded in Madison is Michael Feldman's Whad'Ya Know?, a radio show produced by Wisconsin Public Radio and broadcast on Public Radio International. The annual household income in Madison is $41,941, and workers in Madison travel about 18 minutes to work on average. The median home value in the city is $139,300, a figure $20,000 above the national average.
Madison is the home to a number of environmental initiatives, including a Bikes at Work program, Water Quality Initiatives, and an Environmental Action Teams program created for neighborhoods, community organizations, and workplaces. Many businesses and construction firms in Madison strive for low-impact development and energy independence.
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