Partners in Professional Education (PIPE) Program

 Over the past three decades, the University has been pleased to contribute to the professional education of thousands of individuals employed by numerous organizations. With the goal of increasing co-operation between the University and the international business community, the Partners in Professional Education℠ (PIPE℠) Program was established to provide graduate level educational opportunities to qualified employees of participating organizations. Employees of participating organizations are eligible for tuition grants on all University degree programs.

Public School Teachers should contact their school district or teacher association for detailed information on the special PIPE℠ Program available for the Master of Education and Doctor of Education Programs.

For more information visit the FAQ page for the PIPE℠ Program.

Participating Organizations

Associations
California Charter Schools Association
Colorado League of Charter Schools

Consulting and Accounting Firms
Amper, Politziner & Mattia, Certified Public Accountants and Consultants
Anchin, Block & Anchin, Accountants and Consultants
Aronson & Company, Certified Public Accountants

Baird Kurtz & Dobson, CPAs and Advisors
BDO Seidman, Accountants and Consultants
Berdon LLP, CPAs and Advisors
Berry, Dunn, McNeil & Parker, Certified Public Accountants
Blackman Kallick Bartelstein LLP, Certified Public Accountants

Cherry Bekaert & Holland, Certified Public Accountants & Consultants
Clark, Schaefer, Hackett & Company, Certified Public Accountants Business Consultants
Clifton Gunderson LLP, Certified Public Accountants and Consultants
Constantin Group, Certified Public Accountants
Crisp Hughes Evans LLC, Certified Public Accountants and Consultants
Crowe, Chizek and Company, Certified Public Accountants

De Novo HRConsulting
Deloitte & Touche, Certified Public Accountants (USA)
Dixon Odom PLLC, Certified Public Accountants and Consultants
Doeren Mayhew, Certified Public Accountants and Consultants
Donna Baker & Associates, Certified Public Accountants

Eide Bailly LLP, Certified Public Accountants
Elliott Davis LLC, Certified Public Accountants
Ernst & Young, Certified Public Accountants (USA)

Grant Thornton, Accountants and Business Advisors

Hill, Barth & King LLC, Certified Public Accountants

J.H. Cohn LLP, Certified Public Accountants

Kaufman, Rossin & Company, Certified Public Accountants
Kemper CPA Group LLC, Certified Public Accountants and Consultants
Kennedy & Coe LLC, Certified Public Accountants
KPMG Peat Marwick, Certified Public Accountants

Larson, Allen, CPAs, Consultants & Advisors

Mahoney Cohen & Company, Certified Public Accountants
McGladrey & Pullen, Certified Public Accountants
Moss Adams LLP, Certified Public Accountants

Parente Randolph, Accountants & Consultants
Plante & Moran, Certified Public Accountants
PricewaterhouseCoopers, Certified Public Accountants (USA)

Reznick Fedder & Silverman, Certified Public Accountants
Rubin, Brown, Gornstein & Company, Certified Public Accountants

Schneider, Downs, Certified Public Accountants
Suby, Von Haden & Associates, Certified Public Accountants

Virchow Krause & Company LLP. , Certified Public Accountants and Consultants

Weiser LLP, Certified Public Accountants
Wipfli Ullrich Bertelson, Certified Public Accountants
WithumSmith & Brown APC, Certified Public Accountants and Consultants

 

Corporations
3Com Corporation
3M Company
21st Century Insurance Group

A.G. Edwards, Inc.
Abbott Laboratories
Adobe Systems, Inc.
Adolph Coors Company
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
AFLAC, Inc.
Allergan, Inc.
The Allstate Corporation
Amazon.com, Inc.
American Airlines
American Express Company
American Greetings Corporation
American Standard Companies
Amgen, Inc.
Anheusar-Busch Companies
AOL Time Warner, Inc.
AON Corporation
Apple Computer, Inc.
Archer-Daniels-Midland Company
AT&T Wireless Services, Inc.

Bank of America Corporation
Barnes & Noble, Inc.
BearingPoint, Inc.
Black & Decker Corporation
The Boeing Company
Borders Group, Inc.
BorgWarner, Inc.
British Airways
Brunswick Corporation
Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corporation

California Family Health Council, Inc.
Cardinal Health, Inc.
Caterpillar, Inc.
Centex Corporation
Ceridian Corporation
The Charles Schwab Corporation
The Cheesecake Factory
Chevron Texaco Corporation
Cisco Systems, Inc.
Citigroup, Inc.
City National Corporation
Clear Channel Communications, Inc.
Clorox Company
CNA Financial Corporation
The Coca-Cola Company
Colgate-Palmolive Company
Comcast Corporation
Comerica, Inc.
Community Health Systems, Inc.
ConAgra Foods, Inc.
ConocoPhillips
Cooper Tire & Rubber Company

Dell Computer Corporation
Delta Air Lines, Inc.
The Dial Corporation
Dillards, Inc.
Dow Chemical Company
Duke Energy Corporation
E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co.

E*TRADE Group, Inc.
Eaton Corporation
eBay, Inc.
Eli Lilly & Company
Exxon Mobil Corporation

FedEx Corporation
FleetBoston Financial Corporation
Fluor Corporation
Foot Locker, Inc.
Ford Motor Company

Gannett Company
Gateway, Inc.
General Mills, Inc.
General Motors Corporation
The Gillette Company
Golden West Financial Corporation
H.D. Vest, Inc.
H.J. Heinz Company
H&R Block, Inc.
Halliburton Company
Harrah’s Entertainment, Inc.
Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc.
HCA, Inc.
Hershey Foods Corporation
Hilton Hotels Corporation
Home Depot, Inc.
Honeywell International, Inc.
Hormel Foods Corporation
Humana, Inc.

Ingram Micro, Inc.
Intel Corporation
International Business Machines Corporation
Intuit, Inc.

Japan Airlines
Jet Blue
John Wiley & Sons
Johnson & Johnson
Johnson Controls, Inc.

Kaiser Permanente (California)
Kellogg Company
Kimberly-Clark Corporation
Knight-Ridder, Inc.
Kohl’s Corporation
Krispy Kreme Doughnuts, Inc.

La-Z-Boy, Inc.
Liz Claiborne, Inc.
Lockheed Martin Corporation
Lucent Technologies, Inc.

Mandalay Resort Group
Marathon Oil Corporation
Martin Marietta Materials, Inc.
Mattel, Inc.
McDonald’s Corporation
The McGraw-Hill Companies
Mellon Financial Corporation
Mercury General Corporation
Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc.
Microsoft Corporation
Motorola, Inc.

Navistar International Corporation
Network Associates, Inc.
Nextel Communications, Inc.
Nike, Inc.
Nordstrom, Inc.

Outback Steakhouse, Inc.

Park Place Entertainment Corporation
Paychex, Inc.
The Pepsi Bottling Group, Inc.
Pittsburgh Technical Institute
Procter & Gamble Company
Prudential Financial, Inc.

Quantus Airlines

R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Holdings, Inc.
R.R. Donnelley & Sons
RadioShack Corporation
Raytheon Company
Reebok International Ltd.
Ryder Systems, Inc.

Sempra Energy
The Sherwin-Williams Company
Smiths Medical MD, Inc.
Southwest Airlines
Sprint Corp. (FON Group)
St. Jude Medical, Inc.
The Stanley Works
Staples, Inc.
Starbucks Corporation
Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc.
State Farm Insurance
Sun Microsystems, Inc.
Swissair

Tenet Healthcare Corporation
Tyson Foods, Inc

U.S. Bancorp
U.S. Cellular Corporation
United Airlines
United Parcel Service, Inc.
United Technologies Corporation
Unocal Corporation

VeriSign, Inc.

Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
Walgreen Company
The Walt Disney Company
Washington Mutual, Inc.
Watson Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
WellPoint Health Networks, Inc.
Wells Fargo & Company
Wendy’s International
Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company

Xerox Corporatio