TOPS Tech Award Eligibility

Eligible Programs - Fall 2021/Spring 2022/Summer 2022 

To be eligible for a TOPS Tech award, you must enroll in one of the following programs:

Certificate Programs – Certificate of Technical Studies/Technical Diploma/PAC

  • Air Conditioning – Certified HVAC Technician
  • Air Conditioning – Master HVAC/R Technician – Technical Diploma
  • Accounting Technology: Account Clerk
  • Banking and Lending Assistant
  • Business Systems Design
  • Central Sterile Processing
  • Barber – Styling – Technical Diploma
  • Computer Aided Design and Drafting
  • Computer and Electronics Service Technology
  • Computer Network Technician
  • Cosmetology – Technical Diploma
  • Culinary Arts:  Line Cook
  • Culinary Management
  • Diagnostic Medical Sonography - PAC
  • Digital Photography
  • Electric Line Technician
  • Electrician:  Commercial
  • Electrician:  Residential
  • Electrician:  Small Industrial
  • Emergency Medical Technic
  • Entrepreneurship
  • Fire Science Technology
  • Funeral Services
  • Hospitality Management
  • Human Resources Assistant
  • Industrial Maintenance Technology
  • Logistics Technology
  • Massage Therapy
  • Medical Coding - CAS
  • Medical Registration Specialist
  • Motor Vehicle Technology
  • Nuclear Medicine Technology - PAC
  • Ophthalmic Medical Assistant
  • Pastry Arts
  • Pharmacy Technician: Advanced-Level Pharmacy Technician
  • Practical Nursing - TD
  • Precision Machining
  • Radiation Therapy - PAC
  • Real Estate Professional
  • Residential Construction
  • Retail Management
  • Surgical Technology
  • Veterinary Assistant
  • Web Site Design
  • Welding:  Flux Cored
      Arc Welding and Gas
      Metal Arc Welding
      (FCAW & GMAW)
  • Welding:  Gas
      Tungsten Arc
      Welding (GTAW)
  • Welding:  Shielded 
      Metal Arch Welding 
      (SMAW)

Degree Programs – Associate of Applied Science

  • Accounting
  • Architectural/Design Construction Technology
  • Business and Management
  • Care and Development of Young Children
  • Civil and Construction Applied Engineering Technology
  • Cloud Computing
  • Computer Aided Design and Drafting
  • Computer Information Technology
  • Computer Network Technology
  • Culinary Arts
  • Electronics Service Technology
  • Fire Science Technology
  • Funeral Service Education
  • Health Information Technology
  • Hospitality Management
  • Instrumentation and Control
  • Medical Laboratory Technician
  • Motor Vehicle Technology
  • Occupational Therapy Assistant
  • Paralegal Studies
  • Physical Therapy Assistant
  • Polysomnographic Technology
  • Radiologic Technology
  • Respiratory Care Technology
  • Science Laboratory Technology
  • Surgical Technology
  • Veterinary Technology
  • Visual Communications—Graphic Design

Academic Majors

2021 High School Graduates can also select one of the following academic majors:

  • American Sign Language Interpreting (AA)
  • Business Administration (AS)
  • Criminal Justice (AA)
  • Electrical Engineering Technology (AS)
  • Nursing (ASN)

*Accounting has been removed as an eligible program. Only students enrolled before 2018-2019 are eligible for payment.


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