Walmart Inc. is testing a program this summer that will put recent college graduates and students who are close to graduation on a fast track to becoming store managers, whose annual pay averages $210,000.

Walmart employees who meet those criteria are also eligible for the program, called College2Career.

The first session, which starts in June, is already full, a Walmart spokesman said. But he said applications for future sessions, which start in January and next summer, are available at careers.walmart.com.

Participants in College2Career get classroom training, hands-on experience and one-on-one mentoring with company leaders. At the end of the program, Walmart said, top performers will be offered the newly created management job of emerging coach, with a starting salary of at least $65,000 a year.

College students, who must be within 12 months of graduation when they start the program, can begin the emerging coach job after graduation. Recent graduates can start right away.

College2Career aims to move the emerging coaches into store manager jobs within two years, the company said in a news release. The coaches will take part in a 12-week Walmart Academy training program.