Fast Facts

Facts
  • Program Mode: Online
  • Program Format: Cohort
  • Program Duration: 2 years
  • Financial aid available
  • No GRE Required

Priority Deadline

Priority Deadline
March 18, 2025
Final application Deadline:
June 3, 2025
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Job Outlook: Leadership and Management

Between July 2019 and July 2020, there were 1.87M job postings in California and 423,492 in Los Angeles that listed leadership or management as a required skill. The median annual wage for management occupations was $105,660 in May 2019, which was the highest wage of all the major occupational groups. Employment in the field is projected to grow 7% from 2018 to 2028, faster than the average for all occupations, which will result in about 706,900 new jobs.

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.

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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

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?

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.

Meet your Faculties from Tseng College

Brian Rice
Varouj Abkian
M.S.
Strategic Management
Brian Rice
Lawrence Becker
Ph.D.
Professor in the Department of Political Science at California State University,
Brian Rice
Suzanne Beaumaster
Ph.D.
Master of Public Administration from Northern Kentucky University
Brian Rice
David Cain
MPA
Public Budgeting and Financial Administration
Brian Rice
Shauna Clark
MBA
Public Sector Personnel Management
Brian Rice
Ariane David
Ph.D.
Communication in Public Organizations
Brian Rice
Jonathan Delgado
DPA (Doctorate in Public Administration)
Public Policy Analysis
Brian Rice
Maurice Franklin
DPA (Doctor of Public Administration)
Ethics and Professionalism
Brian Rice
Rhonda Franklin
Ed.D.
Seminar in Public Administration and Its Environment
Brian Rice
Marc D. Glidden
Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Criminology and Justice Studies
Brian Rice
Steven J. Golightly
Ph.D., MPA
Seminar in Organizational Theory and Human Behavior
Brian Rice
Tom Hogen-Esch
Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Political Science
Brian Rice
Paul D. Krivonos
Ph.D.
Emeritus Professor, Department of Communication Studies
Brian Rice
James S. Larson
Ph.D.
Seminar in Public Administration and its Environment
Brian Rice
Julio L. Lima
Ph.D.
Lecturer, Department of Criminology and Justice Studies
Brian Rice
Dean C. Logan
MPA
Intergovernmental Relations
Brian Rice
Thomas D. Lynch
Ph.D.
Ethics and Professionalism
Brian Rice
Sarmistha R. Majumdar
Ph.D.
Approaches and Methods in Program Evaluation
Brian Rice
Deborah Martin
MPA, CPA
Strategic Management
Brian Rice
Lauren McDonald
Ph.D.
Research Methods for Public Administration
Brian Rice
Henrik P. Minassians
Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Urban Studies and Planning
Brian Rice
Jason L. Morin
Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Political Science
Brian Rice
Philip M. Nufrio
Ph.D.
Seminar in Public Administration and its Environment
Brian Rice
Patty Oertel
MBA
Program Implementation and Management for Nonprofit Services
Brian Rice
David Powell
Ph.D.
Seminar in Public Administration and Its Environment
Brian Rice
Ravi Roy
Ph.D.
Seminar in Public Administration and Its Environment
Brian Rice
Mikayel Safaryan
Ph.D.
Strategic Management
Brian Rice
Tatevik Sargsyan
Ph.D.
Public Policy Analysis
Brian Rice
Talin Saroukhanian
Ph.D.
Lecturer, Department of Political Science
Brian Rice
H. Eric Schockman
Ph.D.
Seminar in Effective Public Sector Management
Brian Rice
Linda-Marie Sundstrom
DPA (Doctor of Public Administration)
Seminar in Public Administration and Its Environment
Brian Rice
Ward Thomas
Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Urban Studies and Planning
Brian Rice
Zeynep Toker
Ph.D.
Toker has taught in CSUN’s Department of Urban Studies and Planning since 2006,
Brian Rice
Anaïs Valiquette L'Heureux
Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Criminology and Justice Studies
Brian Rice
Steve Wantz
MPA
Public Budgeting and Financial Administration
Brian Rice
Kim Williams
Ed.D.
Organizational Leadership
Brian Rice
Mylon Winn
Ph.D.
Academic lead of the MPA program
Brian Rice
Bryce Yokomizo
DPA (Doctor of Public Administration)
Organizational Leadership

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