2023 Best Community Organization & Advocacy Schools
Finding the Best Community Organization & Advocacy School for You
In 2020-2021, 3,096 people earned a degree or certificate in community organization and advocacy, making the major the #167 most popular in the United States.
There are so many programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one for you. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.
To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Best Community Organization & Advocacy Schools ranking. This report analyzed 57 schools in the United States to see which ones offered the best programs for students.
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2023 Best Community Organization & Advocacy Schools in the United States
The following schools top our list of the Best Community Organization & Advocacy Colleges.
Top 10 Best Community Organization & Advocacy Schools
Our 2023 rankings named Northwestern University the best school in the United States for community organization and advocacy students. Northwestern is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Evanston.
While working on their degree, community organization majors at Northwestern accumulate an average of around $16,500 in student debt.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Cornell University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Community Organization & Advocacy Schools list. Cornell is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Ithaca.
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The excellent programs at Borough of Manhattan Community College helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best community organization and advocacy schools in the United States. BMCC is a fairly large public school located in the large city of New York.
The average amount in student loans that community organization majors at BMCC take out is $8,500.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Kansas State University. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Community Organization & Advocacy Schools list. K -State is a very large public school located in the city of Manhattan.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend New York University. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Community Organization & Advocacy Schools list. NYU is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of New York.
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Des Moines Area Community College landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best community organization and advocacy programs. Located in the large suburb of Ankeny, DMACC is a public school with a fairly large student population.
The average amount in student loans that community organization majors at DMACC take out is $26,230.
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Metropolitan State University came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Community Organization & Advocacy Schools ranking. Metro State is a medium-sized public school located in the large city of Saint Paul.
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University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best schools for community organization and advocacy students. It came in at #8 on the list. UIUC is a very large public school located in the small city of Champaign.
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Arizona State University - Skysong landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best community organization and advocacy programs. ASU - Skysong is a fairly large public school located in the midsize city of Scottsdale.
While working on their degree, community organization majors at ASU - Skysong accumulate an average of around $31,047 in student debt.
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With a ranking of #10, University of Utah did quite well on this year’s best schools for community organization and advocacy students. Located in the medium-sized city of Salt Lake City, U of U is a public school with a very large student population.
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Rankings in Majors Related to Community Organization
One of 5 majors within the area of study, community organization and advocacy has other similar majors worth exploring.
Most Popular Related Majors
| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Social Work | 58,326 |
| Public Administration | 16,905 |
| Human Services | 13,238 |
| Public Policy | 6,430 |
| Other Public Administration | 588 |
Notes and References
*These averages are for the top 25 schools only.
- Read more about our ranking methodology.
- The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
- Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
More about our data sources and methodologies.