Master of Science in Project Management Shaping Project Management Excellence

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Credit Hours
100% online, 8-week courses
Transfer in up to 50% of the degree total
Lead Your Team to Success with Our Online Master’s in Project Management Degree
As the business world becomes increasingly results and efficiency driven, more businesses are developing a project-based approach to achieving their goals. With this movement comes a need for strong organizers, coordinators, communicators, and leaders to pilot these projects and propel an organization toward success. By earning a project management master’s degree online, you can develop the skills for a future career in project management.
Liberty University’s online Master of Science (MS) in Project Management degree is an online program designed for students like you, who are committed to making a difference in their workplace.
By earning an MS in Project Management, you can turn your passion for developing innovative and strategic solutions into a thriving career that can make an impact on your organization. And because many different industries require project managers, a master’s in project management online can help open the doors to virtually any industry, including technology, healthcare, engineering, law, marketing, and publishing.
Liberty’s online project management degree can help equip you with vital skills in planning, scheduling, communication, negotiation, and leadership. Take advantage of the high demand for project managers and pursue a project management master’s degree online today!
Your officially conferred degree name will be Master of Science (MS) in Project Management.







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What Will You Study in the Online Masters in Project Management Degree?
Our online master’s in project management degree can help prepare you for many of the situations you’ll face in your career as a project manager. You can explore the integral aspects of business and leadership in project management.
In addition, you can also have the opportunity to learn about the various components of project management and selection, aligning projects with organizational strategy, estimating project costs, and analyzing and managing risk.
Your professors will also emphasize how to implement quality into the project management process for a successful outcome. You will go through an in-depth study that explores high-performance teams, managing team conflict, motivation, and empowerment of the team.
Our master’s in project management online seeks to help you succeed with foundational courses in both business and management designed so you can be better prepared to thrive in project management roles.
With our online project management degree courses, you can learn:
- Business operation concepts, methods, and processes
- Crucial skills in developing and implementing the project plan
- How to align projects with organizational strategy, structure, and culture
- How to diagnose problems in organizational design
- How to evaluate and report project performance
- Leading and managing project teams
- Management principles for international operations
- Project selection and definition
- Risk management concepts
- Supply chain management techniques
- The impact of change on an organization and best practices for organizational change
- Values and principles of agile project management
Potential Career Opportunities
Graduates with an online Master of Science in Project Management degree can have the opportunity to pursue many careers, including some of the following:
- Administrative services manager
- Operations manager
- Project scheduler
- Senior project manager
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Degree Information
- This program falls under the School of Business.
- View the Graduate Business Course Guides (login required).
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Your success is our success, which is why we are committed to providing quality academics at an affordable tuition rate. While other colleges are increasing their tuition, we have frozen tuition rates for the majority of our undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral programs for the past 9 years – and counting.
Graduate Full Time | $565/Credit |
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Graduate Part Time | $615/Credit |
Military Graduate | $275/Credit |
Tuition rates may change annually. For the most current information, please visit our LU Tuition Cost page.
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Admission Information for Our Online Master of Science (MS) in Project Management
Admission Requirements
- Apply online or over the phone with an admissions counselor by calling (800) 424-9596.
- A non-refundable, non-transferable $50 application fee will be posted on the current application upon enrollment (waived for qualifying service members, veterans, and military spouses – documentation verifying military status is required).
- Send official college transcripts (mailed as sealed, unopened copies or sent via a direct electronic transcript system). A regionally or nationally accredited bachelor’s degree with at least a 3.0 GPA is required for admission in good standing. Applicants who have earned a master’s degree or at least 12 graduate credits from an accredited institution will be assessed on the basis of the master’s-level degree work.
- Unofficial transcripts can be used for acceptance purposes with the submission of a Transcript Request Form.
- Students without a bachelor’s in a business discipline must have completed 15 hours of upper-level (300-400 level) undergraduate business credit (the type of class will be evaluated by the Transfer Team per the School of Business guidelines)
- Students without a bachelor’s in a business discipline or the 15 hours mentioned above may take the Graduate Certificate in Management and Leadership as a bridge.
- Applicants whose native language is other than English must submit official scores for the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) or an approved alternative assessment. For information on alternative assessments or TOEFL waivers, please call Admissions or view the official International Admissions policy.
Bridge Program
Students who are missing some or all admission requirements may be placed into the Graduate Certificate in Management and Leadership as a bridge.* Upon successful completion of this certificate with at least a 3.0 GPA, these students can be reevaluated for the MS in Project Management program.
*In order to be eligible for the bridge, admission requirements for the graduate certificate must still be met.
Preliminary Acceptance
If you are sending in a preliminary transcript for acceptance, you must:
- Be in your final term and planning to start your master’s degree after the last day of class for your bachelor’s degree.
- Complete a Bachelor’s Self-Certification Form confirming your completion date. You may download the form from the Forms and Downloads page or contact an admissions counselor to submit the form on your behalf.
- Submit an official/unofficial transcript to confirm that you are in your final term. The preliminary transcript must show a minimum of 105 completed credit hours.
- If you are a current Liberty University student completing your undergraduate degree, you will need to submit a Degree/Certificate Completion Application.
- Send in an additional, final official transcript with a conferral date on it by the end of your first semester of enrollment in the new master’s degree.
Dual Enrollment
Please see the Online Dual Enrollment page for information about starting graduate courses while finishing your bachelor’s degree.
Transcript Policies
Unofficial College Transcript Policy
Unofficial transcripts combined with a Transcript Request Form can be used for admission. Official transcripts are required within 60 days of the admissions decision or before non-attendance drops for the first set of matriculated classes, whichever comes first, and will prevent enrollment into future terms until all official transcripts have been received.
Before sending unofficial college transcripts, please make sure they include the following:
- Your previous school’s name or logo printed on the document
- Cumulative GPA
- A list of completed courses and earned credit broken down by semester
- Degree and date conferred (if applicable)
Official College Transcript Policy
An acceptable official college transcript is one that has been issued directly from the institution and is in a sealed envelope. If you have one in your possession, it must meet the same requirements. If your previous institution offers electronic official transcript processing, they can send the document directly to luoverify@liberty.edu.
If the student uses unofficial transcripts with a Transcript Request Form to gain acceptance, all official transcripts must be received within 60 days of the admissions decision or before non-attendance drops for the first set of matriculated classes, whichever comes first. Failure to send all official transcripts within the 60-day period will prevent enrollment into future terms until all official transcripts have been received.
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Who May Qualify?
- Active Duty
- Reserve/National Guard
- Veterans/Retirees
- Spouses of Service Members and Veterans/Retirees
- Current Department of Defense Employees
Available Benefits:
- Tuition discounts – $275 per credit hour for graduate courses
- Additional discount for veterans who serve in a civilian capacity as a First Responder (less than $625 per course)*
- 8-week courses, 8 different start dates each year, and no set login times (may exclude certain courses such as practicums, internships, or field experiences)
*Not applicable to certificates.
Tuition rates may change annually. For the most current information, please visit our LU Tuition Cost page.
Frequently Asked Questions for the Online Master’s in Project Management Degree
What is project management?
Project management is the integration of resources, people, and processes in order to identify situations that may require oversight or need to be expedited. In our project management program online, you can take a variety of classes including leading project teams, quality management, risk management, and project planning and scheduling.
With an education like this, you can foster elements of decision science and operations research while implementing the people and resources needed to meet deadlines and maintain efficiency.
Whether you are a seasoned veteran in the project management field and desire new opportunities or positions of added responsibility, or you are wanting to make a career change, an online degree in project management can help you take the next step in the project management world.
Is a PMP equivalent to a masters in project management?
A PMP (project management professional) credential, offered by the Project Management Institute, is a designation that is earned by individuals who have exhibited dozens of months of experience leading projects in conjunction with project management training.
By pursuing your masters in project management at Liberty, you can better prepare to pursue your PMP upon graduation.
What degrees are best for project management?
We believe the best degree for project management is our master’s degree in project management. Through our comprehensive Master of Science in Project Management, you can gain the skills and knowledge to elevate teams and meet objectives within your organization.
When searching for project management programs, we understand the importance of depth of knowledge within the project management field as well as the practical applications that can help serve you and your team.
With a master’s degree in project management from Liberty, you can stand head and shoulders above the competition.
What is the difference between an MBA and a project management degree?
With an MBA in Project Management, you can gain some knowledge in project management while also attaining important generalized business knowledge. With our MS in Project Management, you can gain a higher level of specialized knowledge in the field of project management without taking more generalized business courses.
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