Degrees for Non-profit Management Executives

Highly sought after educational backgrounds for non-profit executives Bachelor's Degree in Political Science, Public Administration, Business Administration, Sociology, History, Public Health Administration, Law, Environmental Science, City Planning

Aspen Institute Nonprofit Sector Research Fund
http://www.nonprofitresearch.org/

Columbia Business School Institute for Not-for-Profit Management
http://www.gsb.columbia.edu/execed/inm/index.cfm

Georgetown University Center for the Study of Voluntary Organizations and Services (CSVOS)
http://www.georgetown.edu/grad/gppi/scholarship/faculty/csvos.html

IUPUI University Library
http://www.ulib.iupui.edu/special/philcoll.html

Milano Nonprofit Management Knowledge Hub
http://www.newschool.edu/milano/hub/index.html

National Center for Charitable Statistics
http://nccs.urban.org/

Stanford Social Innovation Review
Stanford Graduate School of Business
http://www.ssireview.com

MPA Degrees - A Master's degree in Public Administration is great for in-career professionals and pre-career students who aspire to positions of administrative leadership in health care, and public and nonprofit organizations.

MBA Masters in Business Administration is great for in-career professionals and pre-career students and to improve and enhance their analytical, problem solving and interpersonal communication skills. MBA programs help students enhance their understanding of complex components of business and their application in for ­profit and not­-for-­profit organizations and develop an appreciation for the legal, social and ethical dimension of decision making.

JD - Juris Doctorate, Doctor of Law or Doctorate of Jurisprudence - degree granted after three years of law school and is often required for admissions to the bar. Since many nonprofits deal with policy change and implementation, someone who is an expert in law is highly sought after.

Andrew Young School of Public Policy
http://aysps.gsu.edu/academics/degrees/MPA.htm

Baruch College
http://www.baruch.cuny.edu/admission/graduate.html

Canyon College
http://www.canyoncollege.edu/sch_mpa.htm

Clark University
http://copace.clarku.edu/master_degrees.htm

Cleveland State University
http://www.csuohio.edu/visitors/glance.html

Harvard
http://www.law.harvard.edu/academics/special.php

John Jay College of Criminal Justice
http://www.jjay.cuny.edu/programsGraduate/progGraduateDegrOffe.asp

Oakland University
http://www4.oakland.edu/mpa/admissions.htm

Ohio University
http://www-as.phy.ohiou.edu/Departments/PoliSci/mpa.html

Indiana University
http://www.indiana.edu/~bulletin/iub/spea_grad/2001-2003/bloomington.html

Illinois Institute of Technology - MBA/MPA
http://www.stuart.iit.edu/programs_dual/mba_mpa/

University at Albany
http://www.albany.edu/graduate/degreesprograms.shtml

University of Colorado
http://www.cuonline.edu/

University of Delaware
http://www.udel.edu/suapp/degrees/index.htm

University of Iowa
http://www.uiowa.edu/admissions/graduate/programs.html

University of Michigan
http://www.fordschool.umich.edu/curriculum/mpa.html

Texas Tech University
http://www.depts.ttu.edu/politicalscience/mpa/MPAtest/admissions_traditionalmpa.asp

Thomas Cooley Law School - MPA/JD
http://www.cooley.edu/

University of Montana - MPA/JD
http://www.umt.edu/law/MPA.htm

San Jose State University
http://info.sjsu.edu/web-dbgen/catalog/degrees/all-degrees.html

Southwest Missouri State University
http://www.smsu.edu/polsci/degrees.htm

Suffolk University
http://www.business.suffolk.edu/graduate_program.htm

University of Southern California
http://www.usc.edu/schools/sppd/programs/masters/mpa/

University of Utah
http://www.cppa.utah.edu/mpa/site_index.html

Rutgers University
http://www.camden.rutgers.edu/dept-pages/pubpol/why_camden.html

SUNY Brockport
http://www.brockport.edu/graduate/

University of Connecticut
http://www.mpa.uconn.edu/curriculum.htm

Walden University
http://www.universities.com/Distance_Learning/Walden_University_MPA_MS_in_Public_Health_Dual_Degree.html

University of Alaska, Anchorage