Master's Degree in Project Management

Project management roles exist in a broad variety of industries, including healthcare, construction, software development, finance and more. By earning a Master’s in Project Management, you are preparing to pursue a variety of project management careers in intermediate to advanced-level roles.

Your master’s degree and the project management skills it can expose you to, combined with on-the-job experience, can help you prepare to pursue opportunities in project management that include roles like project team lead, business analyst, project manager or program manager.

The project manager, or PM, is often responsible for multiple aspects of complex projects, requiring them to be excellent multi-taskers, communicators and delegators with can-do attitudes. In fact, a better way to answer the question, “What does a project manager do?” might be to consider what they don’t do.

Their wide-ranging duties often involve scheduling, managing teams of in-house or freelance personnel or vendors, managing budgets, delegating tasks, quality management, resource management and procurement and communicating with clients or internal stakeholders as they strive to deliver the desired result within budget and deadline.

Yes, you certainly can. Like many of our graduate degree programs, you can earn your Master’s in Project Management 100% online, or in a hybrid format¹ that combines online courses with an in-person classroom experience.

Yes. As a training partner of the Project Management Institute (PMI), we offer project management exam preparation course PROJ605, which enables students to meet the education requirements for PMI’s Project Management Professional (PMP) professional certification exam.

The final cost of your master’s program, including tuition, fees and expenses, is influenced by several factors. These include tuition rates, course waivers,⁷ applicable transfer credits from another educational institution, or qualification for a scholarship, grant or group pricing program.⁹ Complete financial information can be found in our Keller Academic Catalog.

Consistent with our commitment to making education fit your schedule, you can influence how long it takes to earn your degree. At an accelerated pace, you can earn your Master’s in Project Management in as little as 12 months.² Or, following a more conventional schedule with fewer credit hours per session, you can complete the 39 credit hours of this graduate program in 2 years and 2 months.³

²Accelerated time to complete requires at least 9 credit hours of Prior Learning Credit. Per 12-month period, assumes completion of 3 semesters, enrollment in an average of 10 credit hours per semester, and continuous, full-time year-round enrollment with no breaks.
³Assumes continuous year-round enrollment for 7 semesters and an average of 6 credit hours per semester, and that students remain on a normal schedule throughout their program.

The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) projects employment of project management specialists to grow 7% from 2021 to 2031. The BLS further projects about 70,400 openings for project management specialists each year, on average, over this period.¹⁰ 

This growth is projected on a national level and local growth will vary by location. This projection is not specific to DeVry University graduates and may include earners at all stages of their careers.

The BLS further notes demand for project management specialists is expected to be strong in computer systems design services, where more of these professionals will be needed to manage the growing volume and complexity of IT projects required to support expanded telework.