M.S. in Nonprofit Management and Leadership

Nonprofit organizations employ a sizable and increasing share of the nation’s workforce, with employment growth outpacing a number of major industries. Advance your career in this important high-growth sector as you enhance your ability to create positive social change—a key component of Walden’s mission for 38 years.

Whatever your background, you’ll have the opportunity to gain the management and organizational skills you need to lead diverse and complex nonprofit organizations and serve as a social change agent in local and global communities. Learn from scholar-practitioners who share their academic and professional experiences to help you quickly apply what you learn.

Our program blends academic theory with hands-on experience so you can

• Learn concepts, principles, and processes related to budget, finance, resource development, and strategic planning and apply them to nonprofits.
• Explore marketing, public relations, and communications strategies for nonprofits.
• Apply strategies for acquiring, managing, developing, and retaining volunteers and board members.
• Broaden your perspective of nonprofits through international themes and concepts incorporated throughout the program.
• Acquire the skill set required to fill career opportunities in the nonprofit sector.

Nonprofit employment statistics cited in The Johns Hopkins Center for Civil Society Studies’ report “Employment in America’s Charities: A Profile,” 2006.

Completion Requirements

• 51 quarter credit hours
  • Foundation course (1 cr.)
  • Core courses (45 cr.)
  • Capstone course (5 cr.)
• Minimum 3.0 GPA

Estimated time to completion: 18 months depending on individual progress. For a personalized estimate of your time to completion, call your enrollment advisor at 1-866-492-5336.

Each 12-week course is delivered in a prescribed sequence.

Core Courses

Course Code	Course Title	Credits
	Quarter 1
NPMG 6115	Foundations for Graduate Study	1
NPMG 6200	Introduction to the Nonprofit Sector	5
	Quarter 2
NPMG 6405	Ethics and Social Justice	5
NPMG 6420	Organizational Management and Leadership	5
	Quarter 3
NPMG 6431	Finance and Budgeting for the Nonprofit Sector	5
NPMG 6435	Human Resource Management: Building a Capable Workforce	5
	Quarter 4
NPMG 6451	Board Governance and Volunteer Management	5
NPMG 6465	Strategic Planning: Collaboration, Cooperation, and Coordination	5
	Quarter 5
NPMG 6461	Resource Development	5
NPMG 6480	Applied Research and Evaluation Methods	5
	Quarter 6
NPMG 6910	Capstone Seminar	5

Course Descriptions

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