Online M.A. in Organizational Leadership and Certificate Programs
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$730 Per Credit Hour
Available Financial Aid
42,000 University Alumni
Waived GRE/GMAT
Realize Your Leadership Potential
Increase your influence and expand your career with an online Master of Arts in Organizational Leadership (MAOL) from Saint Mary’s. This rigorous curriculum and unique online learning structure will build your creative problem-solving skills while empowering you to lead—enabling any team to reach its full potential.
This degree is designed to help you become an adaptable, ethical, and tech-savvy leader who can affect real and lasting change in your organization. You will learn how to overcome organizational challenges, manage conflict, and develop those around you.
In addition to this career-elevating degree, Saint Mary’s offers nine graduate certificates to help professionals accelerate their careers with an affordable credential.
The esteemed faculty of Saint Mary’s University is forward-thinking in developing curricula that give you the skills to compete in today’s workforce and excel in tomorrow’s professional environment.
- Ranked among “Best Colleges” by U.S. News and World Report.1
- Clustered Curriculum Design and Cohort Study Format.
Fine Tune Your Expertise with Certificates
Saint Mary’s offers graduate certificate options for professionals interested in furthering their organizational leadership careers. These 12-credit certificates can be taken alone or applied toward the online M.A. in Organizational Leadership degree.
As part of our commitment to your success, Saint Mary’s is offering an opportunity for you to be awarded digital credentials or digital badges. The badges are a graphic representation of your achievement after completing a specific course or graduate certificate program. For each successful course completion in the Finance, Human Resource Management, Individual and Team Leadership, Non-Profit Management, Organizational and Change Leadership or Project Management graduate certificate programs a digital badge will be awarded. Once the graduate certificate has been completed your achievement will be recognized with a certificate completion badge.
Choose the online certificate that aligns with your goals and gain specialized skills for continued success.
12 credits; 2 semesters
Access a hands-on curriculum that provides specialized knowledge and training in essential finance skill sets, including financial markets, security analysis, and portfolio management. Courses are taught by experienced faculty who are industry experts.
12 credits; 2 semesters
Get the focused training you need to lead in a variety of healthcare settings and finish your program in just one year. Learn the fundamentals of modern health and human services delivery and study topics like health policy, finance, and administration to advance your career.
12 credits; 2 semesters
Study a specialized curriculum that provides a foundational study of the human resources skills and approaches you need to be successful, including HR management, compensation and benefits, consulting, and employment law.
12 credits; 2 semesters
The career-focused program introduces nonprofit management, including coursework in management, community engagement and collaboration, grant writing and financial management, and human resource management.
12 credits; 2 semesters
Gain the foundational skills you need to excel in project management, including topics like project planning, resource management, stakeholder analysis, quality control, risk management, and more in this PMI-GAC accredited certificate program.
12 credits; 2 semesters
Upskill your management credentials to gain the invaluable leadership qualities that can motivate and inspire a team of employees. The certificate program features four courses covering leadership and ethics, communication strategies, collaboration, and team building. You will earn a digital badge for each class within the certificate program, along with a badge for completing the entire four-course certificate.
12 credits; 2 semesters
Learn how to develop ethical and innovative strategies to solve complex business problems while positively impacting change for an entire organization and its workforce. Credits earned through the certificate program can be counted towards the larger M.A. in Organizational Leadership degree program if desired or can be stacked for credit towards several other Saint Mary’s University master’s programs.
Enriched by the Lasallian Catholic heritage, Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota awakens, nurtures, and empowers learners to ethical lives of service and leadership. The Saint Mary’s community, together and by association, is dedicated to quality, diversity, accessibility, social justice, and sound stewardship in all its endeavors.
Request InfoOnline Convenience, On Point Outcomes
Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota is committed to providing excellence in education beyond the borders of the campus. You want to excel in your profession and to maximize your career, all while maintaining family and work responsibilities. Saint Mary’s online programs are offered in an easy-to-use format that allows for flexible scheduling and provides you with leading-edge knowledge and valuable credentials.
Learn a Variety of Leadership Roles
Just as there are different types of people in an organization, there are different types of leaders. With an online M.A. in Organizational Leadership from Saint Mary’s University, you’ll explore each of six identified types of leadership through coursework and learn how to integrate them to best serve your organization. These clusters include:
- The Learning Leader
- The Connected Leader
- The Global Leader
- The Organizational Leader
- The Change Leader
- The Adaptive Leader
Preview just a few of the courses in the online M.A. in Organizational Leadership program:
Good Leaders are Always in Demand
Organizational leadership is a role relevant to a wide range of sectors. Providing positive, effective motivation to a workforce while also achieving your organization’s goals can be a balancing act that requires a specialized set of skills. The online M.A. in Organizational Leadership provides you with those skills so you can achieve success for yourself while helping those around you succeed as well.
2021 Average Mean Salaries
- Top Executive $107,6802
- Training and Development Manager $115,6403
- Social and Community Service Manager $69.9004
- Human Resources Manager $121,2205
- Administrative Services Manager $98,8906
- Medical and Health Services Manager $104,2807
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- U.S. News & World Report L.P., Best Colleges, St. Mary’s University of Minnesota. Retrieved from https://www.usnews.com.
- Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, Occupational Outlook Handbook, Management Occupations. Retrieved from https://www.bls.gov.
- Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, Occupational Outlook Handbook, Training and Development Managers. Retrieved from https://www.bls.gov.
- Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, Occupational Outlook Handbook, Social and Community Service Managers. Retrieved from https://www.bls.gov.
- Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, Occupational Outlook Handbook, Human Resources Managers. Retrieved from https://www.bls.gov.
- Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, Occupational Outlook Handbook, Social and Community Service Managers. Retrieved from https://www.bls.gov.
- Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, Occupational Outlook Handbook, Medical and Health Services Managers. Retrieved from https://www.bls.gov.