College of Tech and Trade

Build the skills. Earn a degree. Shape your future.

At the University of Mount Saint Vincent’s College of Tech and Trade, you don’t have to choose between earning a college degree and gaining career-ready technical skills. Here, you can do both.

The College of Tech and Trade brings together the power of a liberal arts education with hands-on career and technical training, creating new pathways to opportunity in some of today’s most dynamic industries. Developed alongside leading workforce partners, our programs will prepare you with the practical experience employers need—and the communication, critical thinking, adaptability, and leadership skills that will help your career grow.

Your education shouldn’t limit your options. It should expand them.

Find Your Path

Whether your interests take you behind the camera, into the skilled trades, or toward a career in healthcare, the College of Tech and Trade offers pathways designed around the needs of today’s students and tomorrow’s workforce.

Associate in Applied Science in Business Program

Build technical expertise—and the business skills to take it further. Through the Mount’s partnership with Apex Technical School, you can connect skilled-trades training with college credit and opportunities to pursue a UMSV degree. Electrical training is the first trade offered on the Mount’s campus, with additional opportunities in the skilled trades coming soon!

Associate of Arts in Liberal Arts with a Specialization in Film Production

Developed in partnership with Great Point Studios, the Hollywood on Hudson Film Production Program combines hands-on experience with coursework in communication, storytelling, media, and production—preparing you to enter the evolving world of film and television.

Allied Health | Coming Soon!

Prepare to make an impact in one of today’s most essential fields. The soon-to-launch allied health pathway in the College of Tech and Trade will connect academic learning with career-focused preparation for opportunities across the healthcare workforce.

The Best of Both Worlds

Technical skills can prepare you to enter a career. A college education can help you grow throughout it.

At the Mount, we believe those strengths belong together.

Alongside career-focused, hands-on learning, you’ll develop the communication, problem-solving, ethical reasoning, adaptability, and leadership skills that employers value across industries. And, as part of the supportive Mount community, you’ll benefit from the personalized attention, mentorship, and resources from your first day all the way through graduation.

The industries of tomorrow need professionals who can do more than master a skill. They need people who can think critically, solve problems, adapt to change, communicate effectively, and lead with purpose.

At the University of Mount Saint Vincent’s College of Tech and Trade, you’ll be prepared for all of it.

Explore our programs today!