Online Leadership Certificate I

The organizational leadership career path offers great flexibility, from general administrative leadership positions to more specialized roles. Your Tier I leadership certificate is a master’s level program designed to provide you with a foundation of leadership skills and insights you can use in your day-to-day work life and to prepare for advancement. It offers the education you could use to pursue executive and top management roles within your organization.  

A graduate certificate focused on leadership can help you gain entry to a number of roles in any industry or help you move forward with a master’s degree in organizational leadership here at University of the Cumberlands. 

All programs at University of the Cumberlands are offered at some of the lowest rates in the nation—and we even include free textbooks through our One Price Promise! For more information on how affordable this program would be for you, visit our Financial Aid page. 

A leadership certificate typically requires the completion of 12 credit hours, which can generally be accomplished within a few months, depending on the program and the student's pace.

Yes, this 12-hour Leadership Certificate program can easily be rolled into Cumberlands’ graduate program, providing a great head start on earning a full master’s degree in the field.

Each course lasts eight weeks, called a bi-term. There are two bi-terms per semester, and three semesters per year (fall, spring, and summer). Many classes are asynchronous, meaning there is no set login time; you can work on schoolwork whenever you find time. Cumberlands provides free rental textbooks to online students as part of its One Price Promise.