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Best Community Organization & Advocacy Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region

2023 Best Community Organization & Advocacy Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region

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Finding the Best Community Organization & Advocacy Graduate Certificate 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.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Best Community Organization & Advocacy Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in the Great Lakes Region to see which graduate certificate programs offered the best educational experiences 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.

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2023 Best Community Organization & Advocacy Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for community organization majors pursuing a graduate certificate.

Top Great Lakes Region Schools for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates 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 graduate certificate. Northwestern is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Evanston.

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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Indiana University - Purdue University - Indianapolis is a great place for community organization and advocacy students working on their graduate certificate. IUPUI is a very large public school located in the city of Indianapolis.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Eastern Michigan University. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Community Organization & Advocacy Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in the large suburb of Ypsilanti, Eastern Michigan is a public school with a fairly large 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 3 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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