Overview

Build on your creative skills and background to make a difference and prepare for a career with this Arts and Creative Enterprise Leadership program at University of Wisconsin Madison. Develop a portfolio of strategic abilities rooted in business practice. Learn from experts at one of the only arts-focused programs within a U.S. business school—the Bolz Center for Arts Administration. Make your passion a reality. Receive seed funding for a startup project or complete a paid internship with a top organization.

The program supports two types of students: creative professionals looking to fuse their arts background with business and social enterprise training, and business professionals who want arts-based coursework. Build your professional network while you develop the strategic skills to lead. Become fully immersed in the world of nonprofits, community building, and social entrepreneurship.

Key Facts

Access to a network of arts, nonprofit, and business leaders
Fusing arts training with business
Social enterprise curriculum
Personalized career coaching
Experiential learning projects

Programme Structure

Courses include:

Business Strategy
Nonprofit Board Leadership
Impact Consulting for Arts-based Organizations and Communities
Applied Learning Project
Managerial Accounting
Bargaining, Negotiating, and Dispute Settlement for Managers
Marketing Communications
Entrepreneurial Management
Community Development
Civil Society and Community Leadership
Community Economic Analysis

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 12 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2026-09-03 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-05-01 00:00:00

Language

English

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Credits

30 SCH

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Madison, United States

Disciplines

Entrepreneurship Management of Creative Industries Leadership View 812 other Masters in Leadership in United States

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General requirements

Undergraduate degree with business major or minor
Earning a minimum 3.0 GPA in intermediate college coursework covering such areas entrepreneurship, strategy, marketing, or general business
At least one year of full-time work experience in one of the business disciplines mentioned above
Essays
Résumé
Degrees/transcripts
Letter of recommendation
Application and application fee
Interview

Tuition Fees

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Non-residents

53090 USD / year

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Out-of-State

53090 USD / year

≈ 53090 USD / year
Domestic

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In-State

29442 USD / year

≈ 29442 USD / year

Additional Details

Minnesota Resident: $20,714

Living costs

Madison

United States

1015 - 1752 USD / month

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