Louisiana Tech’s Six Sigma Black Belt certificate can improve your marketability for competitive positions and significantly increase your earning potential. A Six Sigma Black Belt certification prepares you to lead continuous improvement teams. Through this certification, you will learn Six Sigma philosophies and principles, which will help you understand team dynamics and prepare you to assign team member roles and responsibilities. You’ll thoroughly understand the DMAIC (define, measure, analyze, improve, and control) model and have basic knowledge of Lean enterprise concepts, which will position you to help your company deliver on customer expectations while decreasing costs.
Learning Outcomes
In Louisiana Tech’s Six Sigma Black Belt graduate certificate program, you will learn statistical tools, quality tools, and the DMAIC model. You will also learn essential skills for managing process improvement teams and projects, including the Lean enterprise concepts.
Program Information
The average salary for a business or engineering Six Sigma Black Belt professional is $133,000 according to Salary.com.
You can earn this certificate as part of the MS Engineering and Technology Management, MS Engineering – Industrial Engineering, and MBA.
How are we different?
Our online curriculum allows you to earn your Six Sigma Black Belt from anywhere in the world while you continue your career. This certificate program follows the College of Engineering and Science’s traditional focus on project-based learning, and you’ll have the same opportunities to complete individual and group projects as on-campus students.
Cost and Aid
Scholarships
Just like on-campus students, Tech Online students may be eligible for admission, departmental, or private scholarships. Louisiana residents may also be eligible for the Taylor Opportunity Program for Students (TOPS) scholarships awarded by the State of Louisiana. For more information about scholarships, please visit the Office of Financial Aid website.
Tuition
The Tech Online program is very unique in that there is flat fee per credit hour. There are no additional fees.
Graduate programs cost $475 per credit hour.
Careers
- Business Process Improvement Manager
- Continuous Improvement Manager
- Director of Continuous Improvement
- Industrial Engineer
- Manufacturing Manager
- Manufacturing Process Engineer
- Plant Process Engineer
- Process Improvement Coordinator
- Project Management
- Senior Management for Operational Excellence
- Statistical Analysis