An accessible, life-changing education
Begin Your Journey
The Master’s in Applied Community Development was designed with you in mind: a degree you complete at home, with expert-led courses you put into practice in real time, and peers living around the world.
Change your community through applied, project-based learning on your schedule. Enroll today and lead your community to a better, more sustainable future.
Discover new ways of organizing and improving your community while accelerating your career. Graduate with the:
- Power to engage in community-based approaches to organize, research, evaluation, for social change.
- Skills to channel human energy within a community to help shape its own future.
- Deep understanding of global trends, challenges, and opportunities confronting communities and strategies for how to address them to improve lives.
- Ability to demonstrate leadership, strategy, project management, fundraising, and critical thinking skills to implement social change.
Impact of our
Masters in Applied Community Development
Post-Graduation Promotions
Post-Graduation Salary Increases
Graduates Launching New Ventures
Alumni Community Volunteerism
Increased Confidence After Graduation
Admission Requirements
Prepare to Apply
- A resume highlighting professional and volunteer experience
- University transcripts
- Personal statement of commitment to your community
- Reference letter
- Reliable internet connection
TUITION
Admitted Students
Cost Per Credit Hour $800
Prior Learning Assessment Fees
Cost Per Credit Hour $250
Gain a life-changing education, not student loans
Tuition and Fees
Future Generations University is committed to empowering students to transform their lives and their communities. We offer one of the most affordable master’s degrees in the United States. With tuition at only $25,600 for the degree and a variety of needs-based scholarships available to qualifying individuals, we welcome you to deepen your impact, not your debt.
learning doesn’t only happen in the classroom
Credit for Service
Your experience in community development can earn you credit for what you already know. A Prior Learning Assessment will ensure you get the credit you have already earned and only take the courses you will need to graduate.
Future Generations University offers a 25% scholarship to all AmeriCorps members.
Future Generations University is a proud member of the Peace Corps Paul D. Coverdell Fellows Program.
Reading Partners members receive 50% tuition scholarship.
Alternative Admissions Track
No Bachelor's Degree Required
Don’t have a bachelor’s degree? You may be able to qualify for the master’s program by demonstrating your ability to perform at a graduate level. Simply enroll and receive a B or better in four courses, after which you will qualify for admission to the MA program.
Deepen Your Impact, Not Your Debt
Need-Based Financial Aid
As part of our commitment to reach the most students, we offer need-based scholarships to qualifying individuals. Admissions decisions are need-blind. Once you are admitted to the university, we will work with you to figure out how to best fund your education.
Policies, Courses, requirements
Academic Catalog
The Academic Catalog provides information about academic policies, course descriptions and academic requirements for programs offered to Future Generations University students. All information, including statements of tuition and fees, course offerings, and admission and graduation requirements, is subject to change without notice.
Find your next course
Current Academic Schedule
| Course ID | Course Name | Instructor | Online Class Meeting Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| FBC 605 | Telling a Different Story: Resilience in Appalachia | Dr. Joey Aloi, Jenny Totten | In-person, immersive course: June 15-28, 2025 |
| SSC 601 | Graduate Student Success Seminar | Dr. Christie Hand | Mondays & Wednesdays 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM EDT/2:00 PM – 3:30 PM UTC |
Fall Break: October 4-12, 2025
| Course ID | Course Name | Instructor | Online Class Meeting Time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSK 618 |
| Dr. Ericka Harney | Mondays 9:45 AM | |
| PSK 620 | Ethics and Values in Community Development | Tuesdays 9:45 AM | ||
| PRC 607 | Action Research Seminar | Dr. Julie Maldonado | Wednesdays 9:15 AM | |
| ACC 601 | Introduction to Community Change | Luke Taylor-Ide | Thursdays 9:45 AM | |
| ACC 603 | Taking Impact to Scale | Dr. Daniel Taylor | Fridays 9:00 AM |
| August 6 10:00am-11:00am EST | Semester Kick-off |
| August 9 | Courses open for students on Moodle |
| August 11 | First day of live classes |
| August 24 | End of Drop/Add period Last day to drop classes with 100% refund |
| October 4-12 | Fall Break (No classes) |
| October 20 | Last day to request pass/fail |
| December 5 | End of Fall 2025 Semester |
| December 31 | Grades available |
Discover your place at Future Generations
Information Sessions
Students come to Future Generations University to learn from world-leading practitioners to make a difference in their communities. You will explore new ideas, chart new paths, and experiment with new projects. In short, you will develop the skills you need for our changing world.
Have a question? Ask it during our next information session, or email our registrar, Paula, directly at Paula.Collier@future.edu.
| Information Session | ||
|---|---|---|
| August TBA, 2025 | 12:00 PM US Eastern time | Registration Coming soon |
| September TBA, 2025 | 12:00 PM US Eastern time | Registration Coming soon |
| October TBA, 2025 | 12:00 PM US Eastern time | Registration Coming soon |
| November TBA, 2025 | 12:00 PM US Eastern time | Registration Coming soon |
You’re going to do amazing things.We want to help.
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Education with Future Generations University is as affordable and accessible as possible. With small, live-online courses and self-directed labs designed for working professionals, your impact on community change is boundless.
Reach out to get more details on how the program is right for you.
