Dual Degrees
Program in Nonprofit Management (MPA) and Judaic Studies (MA)
Email for Inquiries and Admission Information: wagner.skirball@nyu.edu
New York University’s Wagner Graduate School of Public Service and the Skirball Department of Hebrew and Judaic Studies have collaborated on the development of a program that offers a comprehensive educational experience, combining Judaic studies and nonprofit management and policy.
Based at New York University – located in the heart of New York City and the center of America’s major Jewish communal institutions – this unique program affords students excellent training in management, finance, and policy from the Wagner School and study of the Jewish past and present at the Skirball Department, one of the largest and finest Judaic studies programs in North America.
Students completing this program will receive a Master of Public Administration (MPA) from the Wagner Graduate School and a Master of Arts (MA) in Hebrew and Judaic Studies from the Graduate School of Arts and Science. Students can expect to complete their degrees in 2 ½ - 3 years, attending full time.
Most students work part-time and intern throughout their studies and many students begin to work full-time in their third year of the program. Graduates are prepared to assume leadership positions at agencies throughout the American Jewish community, including Federations, Jewish Community Centers, Hillels, private Jewish foundations and other Jewish communal organizations. Our students and alumni are now working in positions such as:
- Senior Development Officer, American Jewish World Service
- Senior Program Director, Next Generation and Service Initiatives, American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee
- Director of Youth Philanthropy, Jewish Funders Network
- Director of Community Initiatives, Jewish Funds for Justice
- Director of Program & Education, Repair The World
- Director of Hillel, Emory University
- Director of Hillel, Stanford University
- Assistant Director, Baruch Hillel
- Associate Director, Emerging Leaders & Philanthropists, UJA Federation of NY
- Assistant Director of the NY Chapter, American Jewish Committee
- Director of Development, University of Southern California Hillel
- Planning Associate, Caring Commission, UJA-Federation of NY
