The Community Economic Development Program offers an online Master of Science degree in Community Economic Development
Who should apply?
National CED Practitioners
- Directors, board members, chief financial officers, chief operating officers, program managers, planners, community organizers, and staff of community development corporations (CDCs), housing development organizations (CHDOs), community development credit unions (CDCUs), community-based organizations (CBOs), non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and other community oriented nonprofits or financial institutions.
- Staff in National and regional community development intermediaries; holders of NRC professional certificates earn advanced standing -Partnerships.
- Nonprofit, Municipal and county managers, administrators, planners, and professionals.
- Citizen activists and members of municipal and regional planning commissions and boards engaged in CED.
International CED Practitioners
- Practitioners in international non-governmental organizations (NGOs) based in the U.S. and abroad.
- Peace Corps volunteers and former PCVs.
- Staff from philanthropic, corporate or governmental organizations involved in international development; and their grantee organizations.
Prospective CED Practitioners:
- Community activists, Human Service and Health Professionals interested in a career in CED.
- Students interested in a career in national or international CED.