Community Organization & Advocacy at Portland State University

What traits are you looking for in a community organization school? To help you decide if Portland State University is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's community organization program.

Portland State University is located in Portland, Oregon and has a total student population of 23,640.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Community Organization & Advocacy section at the bottom of this page.

Portland State University Community Organization & Advocacy Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Community Organization

Portland State University Community Organization & Advocacy Rankings

The community organization major at Portland State University is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Community Organization & Advocacy. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Community Organization Student Demographics at Portland State University

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the community organization majors at Portland State University.

Portland State University Community Organization & Advocacy Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 36% of community organization bachelor's degrees went to men and 64% went to women. The typical community organization bachelor's degree program is made up of only 19% men. So male students are more repesented at Portland State University since its program graduates 17% more men than average.

About 76% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in community organization at Portland State University are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Portland State University with a bachelor's in community organization.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	19
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Concentrations Within Community Organization & Advocacy

If you plan to be a community organization major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Portland State University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Community Organization & Advocacy	32

Related Majors

• Other Public Administration
• Public Policy
• Public Administration

Careers That Community Organization Grads May Go Into

A degree in community organization can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for OR, the home state for Portland State University.

Occupation	Jobs in OR	Average Salary in OR
Social and Community Service Managers	3,950	$63,590
Community and Social Service Specialists	1,620	$42,910
Government Programs Eligibility Interviewers	1,240	$42,520

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Visitor7 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.