Job Outlook: Leadership and Management
About This Program
Designed for working professionals, the MPA option in Nonprofit Sector Management speaks to the sector’s evolving needs and prepares you for its top administrative positions. Taught by CSUN faculty as well as industry leaders, this program presents you with the business tools and concepts to manage the nonprofit sector.
...You'll work on real-world scenarios that prepare you for a variety of possibilities in the sector. You’ll also engage in practical exercises and learn tools for ethical and competent financial management. And through cases studies and exposure to topical business scenarios, you’ll learn to use academic models to solve everyday issues.
Courses include extensive work on the following topics, all developed for use in nonprofit agencies and organizations:
- Management (human and financial)
- Stakeholder relations
- Budgeting
- Fundraising and resource development
- Program implementation
- Policy
- Grant writing
A unique benefit of this program is the ability to earn a certificate in Nonprofit Sector Management. This certificate is a built-in feature, requiring no extra classes or course work. In other words, when you receive the master’s degree, you also receive the certificate.
Programs Highlights
Work-Friendly Scheduling
You’ll take only one course at a time, enabling you to focus on the demands of each without distraction. In addition, the program is delivered fully online, providing you with significant flexibility to complete course work at times and in places that fit your schedule.
Cohort Learning Format
With this format, you’ll proceed with the same classmates from the start of the program to the finish. A strong learning community, the cohort supports your goals, connects with you professionally and helps you graduate on time. It also guarantees enrollment in all your courses.
VIP Support
We provide academic and administrative support from application to graduation, freeing you to focus on your studies, your personal life and your career. Once admitted to the program, our support team will enroll you in your courses, answer your questions and offer one-on-one assistance.
What do MPA-NPs do?
After finishing the program, you might step into roles like these:
- Fundraising Leadership Positions
- Case Manager
- Program Evaluator
- Program Manager
- Project Manager
- Operations Manager
- Program Director
- Grant Proposal Manager
- Executive Director
- Non-Profit Managers
Meet your Faculty
Career Connections
As a CSUN graduate, you become part of an extensive network of over 435,000 alumni—an invaluable source of support for your professional success.
CSUN's Master of Public Administration graduates have built successful careers in these organizations and many others: Los Angeles Unified School District, Los Angeles County Department of Public Social Services, City of Los Angeles, County of Ventura, University of California, Los Angeles County Department of Human Resources, California State University-Northridge, Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health, County of Los Angeles Department of Public Works, and Los Angeles County Department of Health Services.
Students Success stories
