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2023 Best Community Organization & Advocacy Schools

57 Colleges
$38,265 Avg Salary
$26,263 Avg Student Debt

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

#1

Northwestern University

Evanston, IL

Our analysis found Northwestern University to be the best school for community organization and advocacy students who want to pursue a degree in the United States. 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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#2

Cornell University

Ithaca, NY

The excellent programs at Cornell University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best community organization and advocacy schools in the United States. Cornell is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Ithaca.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Borough of Manhattan Community College. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Community Organization & Advocacy Schools list. BMCC is a 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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#4

Kansas State University

Manhattan, KS

The excellent programs at Kansas State University helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best community organization and advocacy schools in the United States. K -State is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Manhattan.

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#5

New York University

New York, NY

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 very large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of New York.

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Des Moines Area Community College ranked #6 on this year’s Best Community Organization & Advocacy Schools list. Located in the large suburb of Ankeny, DMACC is a public college 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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With a ranking of #7, Metropolitan State University did quite well on this year’s best schools for community organization and advocacy students. Metro State is a medium-sized public school located in the city of Saint Paul.

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University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best community organization and advocacy programs. 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 very large public school located in the medium-sized 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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#10

University of Utah

Salt Lake City, UT

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 city of Salt Lake City, U of U is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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Community Organization & Advocacy by Region

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Southeast
New England
Rocky Mountains
Plains States
Middle Atlantic
Far Western US
Southwest
Great Lakes

One of 5 majors within the area of study, community organization and advocacy has other similar majors worth exploring.

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.

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