Online Master’s Degree in Project Management (MPM)

Project management is essential to all modern organizations, especially large companies, institutions, or corporations looking to keep projects on track, on time, and on budget. 

As a project manager, you’ll serve an essential role in managing limited resources and planning to overcome unexpected hurdles, ensuring that the pace of work continues even when unforeseen problems arise.

The skills and abilities you develop in CSU Global’s Master of Project Management program will ensure that you bring value to any organization from day one, and that you’re capable of leading complex organizations through complicated projects, making you an essential asset to the leadership team.

Demand for project managers is likely to remain strong in future years, stimulated by several factors, including:

• The need for implementing infrastructure projects
• Technological advancement and the need for product development in a relatively short amount of time
• Widespread adoption of the triple bottom line philosophy (i.e. planet, people, prosperity)
• Large-scale initiatives to resolve organizational problems

If you haven’t already gained experience in the field, then you may be wondering what project managers do on a daily basis, but even if you do already have some experience, you may have been serving in more traditional roles.

Modern project managers are responsible for a series of complicated tasks, including: 

• Marshaling resources required to successfully complete a project on track, on time, and on budget.
• Linking directly to the customer interface.
• Providing direction, coordination, and integration to the team members involved in the project. 
• Being fully responsible for the performance and success of the projects they oversee.
• Coordinating assets to ensure the right people are getting involved at the right time on the right issues so that the right decisions can be made to ensure project success.

Project managers are also commonly asked to serve a larger organizational role as well, with common responsibilities including:

• Overseeing project selection.
• Monitoring aggregate resource levels and skills of organizational assets.
• Encouraging the use of best practices.
• Balancing projects in order to manage organizational risk.
• Improving communications across all stakeholders.
• Creating a total organization perspective that goes beyond silo thinking.

If you thrive on overcoming challenges and you enjoy planning, organizing, and scheduling, as well as working with people and serving as a leader, then you may be perfectly suited for success as a professional project manager.

The simplest and fastest way to develop the skills, abilities, and experience required for professional project manager roles is to complete a Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree in Project Management.

CSU Global’s online Master of Project Management will introduce you to project management best practices and train you to analyze and apply project management theories and concepts to complicated organizational projects, teaching you to effectively manage limited resources.

Our alumni graduate with a sophisticated understanding of essential project management knowledge, including contracts, asset procurement, risk, project control, monitoring, and earned value methods.

Alumni also graduate prepared to analyze the costs and benefits of Total Quality Management, a critical process for professional project managers. 

Finally, this program also provides training on the soft skills required to lead teams through complex projects, including leadership, communication, and team building.

Completing your Master of Project Management means you’ll be prepared to take on the daily duties and responsibilities required of professional project managers, including:

• Analyzing project records to effectively monitor and control all elements of an organizational project.
• Helping to make crucial staffing decisions, ensuring each project has the resources it needs.
• Developing detailed project plans and managing budgets.
• Making effective resource management decisions, ensuring projects are completed on time and under budget. 

As a working project manager, you will be required to deliver successful results by managing temporary, non-repetitive activities, and our Master of Project Management will prepare you to handle this role both effectively, and efficiently. 

The courses in CSU Global's Master of Project Management will equip you with the knowledge and skills needed to serve as an effective, skilled, and successful project manager.

According to the Earning Power: Project Management Salary Survey, some commonly held project management job titles and salaries include:

• Project Management Specialist / 2019 Median Pay: $92,221
• Project Manager III / 2019 Median Pay: $115,000
• Project Management Consultant / 2019 Median Pay: $120,000

Yes! While it may take hard work and dedication to complete your Master’s Degree in Project Management, this is a great industry to launch a career in, and CSU Global’s 100% online Project Management Master’s program is one of the best ways to get your foot in the door. 

Why would you want to earn your Master of Project Management from CSU Global?

• Our graduate program in Project Management is GAC-accredited, PMI-aligned, and regionally accredited by the Higher Learning Commission.
• 99% of our master’s program alumni report working in the project management field after completing their degree.
• The top three reported job titles for our M.S. program graduates are Project Manager, Program Manager, and Operations Manager.

CSU Global is one of the best online project management graduate schools, having recently earned several awards, including:

• A #7 ranking for Top 10 Online Masters in Project Management from Online Course Report.
• A #3 ranking for Best Value Online Graduate School from Value Colleges.
• A #3 ranking for Best Colleges in Colorado from Best Value Schools.