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2023 Best Community Organization & Advocacy Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region

8 Colleges
$35,069 Avg Salary
$31,310 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Community Organization & Advocacy Bachelor's Degree School for You

Out of all the majors we analyze each year, community organization and advocacy was ranked #167 in the country. In fact 3,096 degrees and certificates were handed out in 2020-2021.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. 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.

The Best Community Organization & Advocacy Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 8 schools in the Great Lakes Region to see which ones offered the best bachelor's degree programs for students. To come up with a school's ranking, we analyzed numerous factors related to post-graduation wages, the quality of education offered by the school, average accumulated student debt, and more.

View our full ranking methodology.

2023 Best Community Organization & Advocacy Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Community Organization & Advocacy Bachelor's Degree Colleges.

Top Great Lakes Region Schools for a Bachelor's in Community Organization & Advocacy

#1

Northwestern University

Evanston, IL

Our 2023 rankings named Northwestern University the best school in the Great Lakes Region for community organization and advocacy students working on their bachelor’s degree. Northwestern is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Evanston.

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#2

Aurora University

Aurora, IL

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Aurora University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Community Organization & Advocacy Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in the large suburb of Aurora, Aurora is a private not-for-profit college with a medium-sized student population.

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#3

Central Michigan University

Mount Pleasant, MI

The excellent bachelor’s degree programs at Central Michigan University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best community organization and advocacy schools in the Great Lakes Region . Located in the distant town of Mount Pleasant, Central Michigan is a public college with a large student population.

While working on their Bachelor's Degree, community organization majors at Central Michigan accumulate an average of around $38,181 in student debt.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Indiana University - Purdue University - Indianapolis. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Community Organization & Advocacy Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. IUPUI is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Indianapolis.

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#5

Madonna University

Livonia, MI

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Madonna University. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Community Organization & Advocacy Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Madonna is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Livonia.

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Siena Heights University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Community Organization & Advocacy Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Located in the distant town of Adrian, Siena Heights University is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

While working on their Bachelor's Degree, community organization majors at Siena Heights University accumulate an average of around $33,530 in student debt.

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#7

Cleveland State University

Cleveland, OH

Cleveland State University landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best bachelor’s degree community organization and advocacy programs. Located in the city of Cleveland, Cleveland State University is a public school with a large student population.

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#8

Aquinas College Michigan

Grand Rapids, MI

Aquinas College Michigan ranked #8 on this year’s Best Community Organization & Advocacy Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in the midsize city of Grand Rapids, Aquinas College Michigan is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

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Best Community Organization & Advocacy Colleges by State

Explore the best community organization and advocacy schools for a specific state in the Great Lakes region.

State Degrees Awarded
Michigan 293
Ohio 31
Illinois 122
Indiana 73
Wisconsin 2

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 8 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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