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Master of Science in Entreprenuership

Program Type

Masters

Program Format

Online

Instruction Format

Instructor Led

Courses

15 courses

Credit Hours

39

Duration

20 months

Next Start

03/01/2025

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Program Overview

The M.S. in Entrepreneurship focuses on equipping individuals with crucial business and entrepreneurial competencies required for conceiving, strategizing, initiating, and maintaining a new enterprise or innovation. This comprehensive program is tailored to guide aspiring entrepreneurs through the complete startup journey, starting from validating and developing concepts to securing funding for their new venture and establishing a viable business. Beyond imparting skills for building a new business from scratch, the program is also suitable for established business professionals seeking to enhance their innovation capabilities within their current organization. Throughout the program, live interactive sessions will be offered to enrich learner engagement and improve the learning experience.

What You'll Learn

  1. Develop leadership skills necessary to facilitate collaboration required to accomplish goals.
  2. Formulate a competitive marketing strategy.
  3. Explore strategies and models for launching and operating businesses.
  4. Examine market dynamics to identify an innovative and competitive product.
  5. Assess financing strategies and sources of venture capital.
  6. Compile legal documents required for developing and maintaining a business using the NVCA templates.
  7. Apply critical thinking skills to create strategic plans for launching a new venture.
  8. Assess personal and professional resources and learning opportunities for staying current in industry best practices.

Admission Requirements

  • Government-issued identification
  • Passport-style photo or “selfie”
  • Evidence of English language proficiency
  • Official transcript verifying receipt of a bachelor’s degree from:
    • An accredited institution listed by the U.S. Department of Education, or
    • An international institution of higher education approved by the appropriate national ministry of education or recognized country equivalent
  • Documents not written in English must be accompanied by official translations, such as those provided by:
    • A validated institutional official, or
    • An embassy
  • If a translated copy of the documents is not available upon application, the Office of Admissions will translate the document before making a decision
  • All learners wishing to enroll in the Master of Science in Entrepreneurship (MSE) must have:
    • Bachelor’s degree from an accredited university

Curriculum & Tuition

Tuition

Monthly Tuition Fee: $430

Total credits: 39

15 courses with flexible pacing

Why Choose Nexford

Nexford is where global citizens learn the skills they need, at the moment they need them most. We help people move forward in their careers – and their lives. We're a Public Benefit Corporation based in Washington DC. Yes, we're for profit, but we prioritize public benefit over profit. Every time. Nexford aims to demonstrate a more effective way of aligning credentials to the workforce--one that is far better positioned to give any learner, regardless of starting point, an educational foundation for lifelong success. We do this through curricular innovation, leadership in learning analytics and the development of models and tools that enable personalization and impact at scale. We are a cross-disciplinary team of relentlessly optimistic, ambitiously creative, solution-oriented problem solvers who collaborate to uncover and develop new scalable ways to enable our internal and external partners to consistently drive learner impact using the latest technologies and innovative practices available.

Monthly Tuition Fee: $430

Additional tuition reductions and flexible payment options may be available!

Career Pathways

Agents and Business Managers of Artists, Performers, and Athletes
Business Continuity Planners
Chief Executives
Management Analysts
Online Merchants