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

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.

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

Out of the 14 schools in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Youngstown State University landed the # 2 spot on the list. Youngstown State University is a large public school located in the small city of Youngstown.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Youngstown State University are $9,732 a year.

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#3

Central Michigan University

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

Out of the 14 schools in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Central Michigan University landed the # 3 spot on the 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.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UIUC are $37,632 per year.

UIUC excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 5% of all schools on our Best Community Organization & Advocacy Schools in the Great Lakes Region list.

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#5

Madonna University

Livonia, MI
$24,900 Average Tuition & Fees

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 Value Community Organization & Advocacy Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Madonna is a small private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Livonia.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Madonna are $24,900 per year.

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#6

Northwestern University

Evanston, IL

Northwestern University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Community Organization & Advocacy Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Northwestern is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Evanston.

Northwestern undergraduate students pay an average of $60,768 in tuition and fees each year. While working on their degree, community organization majors at Northwestern accumulate an average of around $16,500 in student debt.

Northwestern also made our Best Community Organization & Advocacy Schools in the Great Lakes Region list, coming in at #2.

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Aurora University

Aurora, IL
$26,760 Average Tuition & Fees

Aurora University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best value schools for community organization and advocacy students. It came in at #7 on the list. Located in the suburb of Aurora, Aurora is a private not-for-profit college with a medium-sized student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Aurora are $26,760 a year.

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$32,101 Average Tuition & Fees

Indiana University - Purdue University - Indianapolis did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best value schools for community organization and advocacy students. It came in at #8 on the 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.

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$15,500 Average Tuition & Fees

With a ranking of #9, Eastern Michigan University did quite well on this year’s best value schools for community organization and advocacy students. Located in the large suburb of Ypsilanti, Eastern Michigan is a public school with a large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Eastern Michigan are $15,500 a year.

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$28,048 Average Tuition & Fees

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

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

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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).

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