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

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

14 Colleges
$28,713 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$49,872 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Community Organization & Advocacy 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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Value Community Organization & Advocacy Schools in the Great Lakes Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 14 schools in the Great Lakes Region to see which programs offered the best value experiences for community organization students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

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

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for community organization majors pursuing a .

Top 10 Best Community Organization & Advocacy Schools

$13,297 Average Tuition & Fees

Our analysis found Western Illinois University to be the best value school for community organization and advocacy students who want to pursue a degree in the Great Lakes Region . WIU is a medium-sized public school located in the town of Macomb.

WIU undergraduate students pay an average of $13,297 in tuition and fees each year.

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#2

Youngstown State University

Youngstown, OH
$9,732 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Youngstown State University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Community Organization & Advocacy Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Youngstown State University is a fairly large public school located in the city of Youngstown.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Youngstown State University are $9,732 per year.

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#3

Central Michigan University

Mount Pleasant, MI
$13,094 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Central Michigan University. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Community Organization & Advocacy Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in the town of Mount Pleasant, Central Michigan is a public college with a large student population.

Central Michigan undergraduate students pay an average of $13,094 in tuition and fees each year. Community Organization majors at Central Michigan take out an average of $40,000 in student loans while working on their egree.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Community Organization & Advocacy Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. UIUC is a very large public school located in the city of Champaign.

UIUC undergraduate students pay an average of $37,632 in tuition and fees each year.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, UIUC also is in the top 5% of our Best Community Organization & Advocacy Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking.

Read full report on Community Organization & Advocacy at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

#5

Madonna University

Livonia, MI
$24,900 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent programs at Madonna University helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best community organization and advocacy schools in the Great Lakes Region . Madonna is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Livonia.

Madonna undergraduate students pay an average of $24,900 in tuition and fees each year.

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#6

Northwestern University

Evanston, IL

Northwestern University landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value community organization and advocacy programs. Northwestern is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Evanston.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Northwestern are $60,768 per year. While working on their degree, community organization majors at Northwestern accumulate an average of around $16,500 in student debt.

Northwestern also took the #2 spot in our Best Community Organization & Advocacy Schools in the Great Lakes Region rankings.

Full Community Organization & Advocacy at Northwestern University Report

#7

Aurora University

Aurora, IL
$26,760 Average Tuition & Fees

Aurora University landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value community organization and advocacy programs. Located in the large suburb of Aurora, Aurora is a private not-for-profit school with a moderately-sized student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Aurora are $26,760 per year.

Full Community Organization & Advocacy at Aurora University Report

$32,101 Average Tuition & Fees

Indiana University - Purdue University - Indianapolis ranked #8 on this year’s Best Value Community Organization & Advocacy Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. IUPUI is a fairly large public school located in the city of Indianapolis.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at IUPUI are $32,101 per year.

Read full report on Community Organization & Advocacy at Indiana University - Purdue University - Indianapolis

$15,500 Average Tuition & Fees

Eastern Michigan University ranked #9 on this year’s Best Value Community Organization & Advocacy Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in the large suburb of Ypsilanti, Eastern Michigan is a public college with a large student population.

Eastern Michigan undergraduate students pay an average of $15,500 in tuition and fees each year.

Read full report on Community Organization & Advocacy at Eastern Michigan University

$28,048 Average Tuition & Fees

University of Michigan - Dearborn came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Community Organization & Advocacy Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. UM Dearborn is a moderately-sized public school located in the medium-sized city of Dearborn.

UM Dearborn undergraduate students pay an average of $28,048 in tuition and fees each year.

Full Community Organization & Advocacy at University of Michigan - Dearborn Report

Best Community Organization & Advocacy Colleges by State

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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 14 schools only.

  • 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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