MBA Degrees Not Just For Profit Anymore
December 8, 2008
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Students who hope to work in the nonprofit sector are finding that more schools are offering MBA programs to fit their interests.
According to the Ventura County Star, there are now 230 colleges nationwide offering nonprofit management classes at both the graduate and undergraduate level. This is up from only 179 colleges in 1997.
At the MBA level, one of the newest entrants to nonprofit studies is California Lutheran University, which the Star noted is now offering a concentration in sustainable enterprise.
One incoming MBA student, Arild Kraakmo of Norway, told the Star that many of today's students are highly interested in work that allows them to help their communities or the environment. "It's motivating," he said.
An organization that helps match students with programs that are compatible with their interest in nonprofit work, MBA-Nonprofit Connection, now works with 32 different schools, up from only three just over a decade ago.
"From what I hear and have seen in the literature, I feel it needs to be its own discipline because nonprofits have their own characteristics. And they make up a significant part of the economy," Gary Berg of California State University at Channel Islands told the newspaper.
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