Design Your Career with an MA in Professional Studies

Concentration Tracks

Advertising and Public Relations

Business and Administration

Financial Accounting

Healthcare Management

Organizational Leadership

Social Media Management

Point Park’s new MA in Professional Studies offers students flexibility and self-direction that empowers them to design a program focused on their personal education and career goals. Students with prior learning but no degree at the graduate level may be able to apply those credits toward a professional studies degree in their chosen specialty.

Why Earn an Online Master in Professional Studies Degree at Point Park University?

  • Create an individual plan of study that aligns with your goals
  • Combine multiple areas of professional and academic interest
  • Learn practical skills you can start using immediately
  • Apply previously earned graduate credits to finish your degree faster
  • 100% online courses with professors who are expert practitioners

Point Park University’s Master in Professional Studies Curriculum

  • Next Start Date: August 27, 2023

Est. Program Length: 1-2 Years
Credit Hours: 33 Hours
Course Length: 8 Weeks
Cost Per Credit: $788
Transfer Credits Accepted: Up to 18

  • Est. Program Length: 1-2 Years

  • Credit Hours: 33 Hours

  • Course Length: 8 Weeks

  • Cost Per Credit: $788

  • Transfer Credits Accepted: Up to 18

Tell me more about PPU’s Online MPS Degree

Master in Professional Studies Course Offerings

The courses you take to complete your MA in Professional Studies will depend largely on your personal and professional goals, but there are some required courses for all students.

Admission Requirements

Course Description

Students in Seminar in Professional studies will examine the current issues relevant to their chosen fields of study. In addition, students will engage with students studying other disciplines to identify areas of commonality and difference. The course includes an overview of the academic research process, to enable students to succeed in their current and future coursework.

Course Description

The Capstone Proposal Seminar requires students to synthesize the learning from their chosen fields and prove their comprehensive knowledge of both. Students will create a detailed proposal for their capstone project, including a literature review and planned method for research or creation of a project.

Prerequisite: PROF 501

Course Description

The Capstone Project course requires students to synthesize the learning from their chosen fields and prove their comprehensive knowledge of both. Students will execute the research plan or project proposal created in the Capstone Proposal Seminar.

Prerequisite: PROF 590

Course Description

Select two distinct disciplines consisting of 12 credits each. Work with your advisor to build a customized path based on your professional needs, transfer credits, credit bearing certificates, and industry licensures.

There are endless combinations, some example disciplines include:

  • Advertising and Public Relations
  • Business and Administration
  • Financial Accounting
  • Healthcare Management
  • Nonprofit Management
  • Organizational Leadership
  • Social Media Management

Talk to an enrollment counselor today to discuss your customized path to a master’s degree in professional studies.

Master in Professional Studies:
Salaries and Career Opportunities

Build a bridge to success with a master’s degree designed by YOU. Students who graduate with an MPS go on to a wide variety of successful careers. See yourself in your own dream role like one of these.

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Sales Manager or Regional Sales Manager
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Training and Development Manager
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Compensation & Benefits Manager
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Fundraising Manager

Median Pay: Bureau of Labor Statistics

Next Steps

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