Degree offered: Master of Arts (M.A.) in Arts Administration

Website: www.goucher.edu/MAAA

Application deadline: Applications are accepted and reviewed throughout the year. In order to be enrolled in spring semester classes, applications should be submitted by Dec 15. In order to be in summer residency or fall classes, applications should be submitted by May 30. For more information, email the MAAA Director Ramona Baker at Ramona.Baker@goucher.edu.  The applications are online at www.goucher.edu/MAAA.

Average age range of the masters students: 27 – 56 (most are early to mid-career and between the ages of 30 and 40)

Average length of time it takes to complete the program: Three years. Most of our students also work full time and therefore take 2 classes each semester.

Read more about Nicolle Wasserman, an alumna of the program: http://blog.lifeasamoderndancer.com/2016/09/becoming-an-arts-administrator-5-questions-for-nicolle-greenhood-of-adf.html

We are a graduate program in arts administration designed for busy people who want to learn from the best people working in the field. Our MAAA’s low-residency format provides students with the flexibility to live and work anywhere in or outside the US.  

While in school, most of our students are working in the arts, arts administration, arts education, or arts service – and are able to immediately use their new learning.

The MAAA has a faculty to student ratio of 2/1. The annual on-campus residency each summer for students and faculty provides a unique learning opportunity as well as the development of lasting relationships.

An exceptional characteristic of our MAAA program is that all faculty members are practitioners  – working experts in their field. For example, the faculty member who teaches Grantsmanship works in a foundation funding the arts, and the faculty member who teaches Arts and the Law works in the legal department at the Smithsonian. This provides students with access to wide networks of experts and mentors.

The MAAA is focused on core competencies that develop strong leadership skills while at the same time encouraging flexibility, adaptation, and access through new courses such as  Entrepreneurship and New Ventures, and International Arts Policies.

Scholarships are also available within the MAAA program.

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