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Master of Science in Management in Entrepreneurial Leadership
Across industries and career paths, great business leaders share a common attribute: an entrepreneurial mindset. The ability to innovate and inspire is essential to driving personal growth, professional advancement, and organizational success. Gain the skills and experience you need to succeed with a masters degree in leadership that will open doors as your career progresses.
No GMAT/GRE? No problem. There is no GMAT/GRE requirement for 2022 entry.
Duration
9 months
Next Application Deadline
Rolling
Location
Wellesley, MA
Test Optional?
Yes
Visa-Eligible?
Yes
Average Work Experience
1 Year
Gain Confidence and Creativity with a Masters Degree in Leadership
Babson’s Master of Science in Management in Entrepreneurial Leadership (MSEL) is the cornerstone of a successful career in business management. Throughout the full-time 9 month program, collaborate and learn among a highly diverse group of classmates. Your cohort will tackle real-world challenges through experiential learning—creating a new venture, consulting for an organization to solve its business problem, and exploring the global business landscape during a course abroad. You will emerge from this entrepreneurial leadership masters program with problem-solving skills that will prepare you to lead with confidence.
Fast Facts
- Accelerate your career immediately: Designed to serve students right out of college, without the 3-5 years of work experience many graduate programs require.
- Earn your degree in less than a year: Save both time and money by getting a masters degree in management and leadership in just 9 months
- Get inspired by your peers: Master’s students come to Babson College from around the world and include accountants, financial analysts, and entrepreneurs, but also athletes, nonprofit organizers, writers, and artists.
- 37%Women
- 70% International Students
- 47% Domestic Students of Color
- Average GPA: 3.38
- Year Average Work Experience: 1 Year
Learning Goals
By the time you complete this entrepreneurial leadership masters program, you will build skills in six distinct areas.
Master’s in Entrepreneurial Leadership Curriculum
Over the course of two 14-week semesters, you will complete an integrated set of courses in marketing, economics, accounting, operations, management, finance, and strategy. Outside the classroom, you will participate in practical leadership activities as well as experiential learning projects that will complement and reinforce your course work.
- Data Exploration (Quantitative Methods)
- Entrepreneurial Economics
- Finance for Entrepreneurs
- Information Technology
- Law
- Marketing Management
- Operations Management
- Resource Planning and Control (Managerial Accounting)
- Strategy and Consulting
- Design Thinking
- Creating You: Building Your Professional Life – Skill building, collaboration with Babson’s centers and institutes, opportunities for personal reflection, and opportunities to coach aspiring high school entrepreneurs.
- Leading Entrepreneurial Action Project (LEAP) – Work with a team to define, design, and develop a business that solves a problem.
- Global Experience – Travel abroad during January break to explore international entrepreneurship. Past destinations have included Chile, China, and Tanzania.
- Strategic Analysis Consulting Project – Help a local organization tackle a real-world issue by analyzing the problem and proposing a strategic solution.
What Makes Babson’s Entrepreneurial Leadership Masters Program Different?
Ranked #1 Entrepreneur Graduate Program (U.S. News & World Report, 1994–2022)
of job-searching MSEL graduates are employed 6 months post-graduation
Build your network as you engage in 4 action-based learning projects throughout your masters degree in leadership.
Go Inside an MSEL Class
Think of your MSEL courses as an entrepreneur graduate program, where you’ll hone your creative spark, prototype new ideas, and form close bonds with your team.
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A Teacher and a Traveler
Professor Miguel Rivera-Santos teaches courses on strategy and global business institutions and policies. He has lived abroad, and often brings examples from his travels into his classroom.
Exploring Israel's Startup Culture
Peter Cohan, lecturer of strategy, led a group of MSEL students on a 9-day elective abroad to discover why Israeli culture fosters such a high startup success rate, as part of an MSEL global experience.
The LEAP Design Fair Goes Online
Professor Sebastian Fixson and Associate Professor Victor Seidel lead a required MSEL course in which students identify opportunities and launch a venture.
An MSEL Cohort Overcomes the Challenge
With the Coronavirus outbreak forcing students to leave campus, Babson's close-knit MSEL cohort found new ways to stay connected, collaborate, and end their program with a flourish.
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Entrepreneurial Leadership Masters Program Alumni Outcomes
83% of MSEL graduates are working within 6 months of graduation and pursue careers in diverse fields. Here is just a sampling of the organizations that employ MSEL graduates: BJ’s Wholesale Club / Gartner / Herman Miller / PA Consulting Group / Profitect Inc. / PWC / RxAdvance / Sequoia Capital / Spark Chain / Z-Modular, and more.
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