Master of Science in Nonprofit Management

At a Glance

In This Master’s Program, You Will…

• Learn how to manage, scale, and sustain organizations across sectors, grounded in the unique challenges and opportunities for nonprofit organizations and stakeholders.
• Attain leading-edge management skills to make strategic, high-level and cross-functional decisions.
• Explore current issues and strategies in public-private partnerships, nonprofit policy and law, digital communications, business aspects of nonprofit organizations, international management, and social entrepreneurship, along with innovations in philanthropy.
• Pursue an area of focus to enhance your expertise on topics that matter most to you, including fundraising and development, international management and perspectives, or philanthropy.
• Create and implement technology and digital media strategies to inform, measure and amplify impact.
• Select from elective courses across the full breadth of Columbia’s highly regarded schools and programs.
• Access professional development opportunities and guidance from our many experienced faculty to accelerate your career.
• Join Columbia’s global network, with full and lifelong access to Columbia’s world class resources, faculty, and alumni.

Program Features Include…

• An innovative curriculum taught by distinguished scholar-practitioners who are experts  in their fields.
• An emphasis across the curriculum on public-private partnerships, cutting-edge technology, ethics, and international aspects of the field.
• A highly flexible format in which students can move between in-person and online learning modalities.
• An in-depth Capstone Project wherein each student partners with an actual 501c3 to solve real-world challenges facing the organization and the sector.
• Access to the mission-driven community locally, nationally, and globally, including the thriving international nonprofit community based in New York City.
• Faculty and alumni who are connected to a wide variety of nonprofit organizations and provide academic and career advisement as well as opportunities for networking and employment.

Study Options in New York City and Online

Students can choose among different options to complete their course of study:

• Part-time on Columbia’s campus in New York City. Fall entry is available.
• Part-time in a fully online format, in which students are required to take 6 credits per term in sequence, including the summer terms. The online program uses a highly collaborative social learning platform to connect students with instructors and peers. Fall entry is available.

Who Should Apply?

• Experienced nonprofit professionals who want to pursue roles with increased executive responsibilities.
• Career changers and new professionals who want to start applying their skills and ultimately pursue senior development and executive leadership positions in the nonprofit sector.

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