Emerge prepared and inspired to make a meaningful impact in the nonprofit sector.
Master of Science in Nonprofit Management
With a Master's in Nonprofit Management from Northeastern University, you'll gain real-world experience while you build the leadership and business skills needed to tackle the unique challenges facing the nonprofit sector.
You will have the opportunity to:
- Gain real-world experience. Work with a local organization through your coursework and capstone and experiential projects, and participate in our signature optional co-op program.
- Select the learning format that meets your needs. Earn your degree 100% online, on ground at our Boston or Seattle campuses, or in a hybrid format that combines the two.
- Customize your coursework with five concentrations: fundraising, leadership and communication, project management, social innovation, or social media and analytics.
- Forge connections with a powerful network of alumni. They are driving change at some of the world's most influential nonprofits, including City Year, Pine Street Inn, Boys & Girls Clubs of America, Dana Farber, and The President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief.
- Learn from thought leaders in nonprofit. Our faculty have had hands-on experience in the field and have their own network of influential connections in the industry.
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“In order to thrive, today’s nonprofit organization needs leaders who are collaborative and think innovatively. Northeastern’s program empowers students to leverage networks to become the industry’s strong leaders.”
- Lori Ashline, Assistant Professor, College of Professional Studies
About Northeastern
Founded in 1898, Northeastern is a global research university and the recognized leader in experiential lifelong learning. Our approach of integrating real-world experience with education, research, and innovation empowers our students, faculty, alumni, and partners to create worldwide impact.
Our global university system provides our community and academic, government, and industry partners with unique opportunities to think locally and act globally. The system—which includes 13 campuses across the U.S., U.K., and Canada, 320,000-plus alumni, and more than 3,800 partners worldwide—serves as a platform for scaling ideas, talent, and solutions.
Northeastern’s personalized, experiential undergraduate and graduate programs lead to degrees through the doctorate in 10 colleges and schools across our campuses. Learning emphasizes the intersection of data, technology, and human literacies, uniquely preparing graduates for careers of the future and lives of fulfillment and accomplishment.
Our research enterprise, with an R1 Carnegie classification, is solutions oriented and spans the world. Our faculty scholars and students work in teams that cross not just disciplines, but also sectors—aligned around solving today’s highly interconnected global challenges and focused on transformative impact for humankind.