Zachary Glatt hosts a monthly podcast called “The Business Leaders of America,” where people watch his interviews with entrepreneurs, CEOs, and education leaders across various social media platforms.

Mr. Glatt films at Syracuse University in New York, where he is a sophomore journalism major with a minor in content creation.

After Syracuse launched the Center for the Creator Economy last year, Mr. Glatt transferred from another university. He was looking for more support for his budding online endeavor. Syracuse’s S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications and the Martin J. Whitman School of Management combined resources to provide space for creators, including a state-of-the-art studio, and multidisciplinary course offerings that this year became an 18-credit minor.

“I hear that there’s talk of turning it into a major next year, which, if possible and all the ducks line up in a row, I actually would make that my major,” Mr.…