2023 Best Value Community Organization & Advocacy Schools in Illinois
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best Community Organization & Advocacy School for You
In 2020-2021, 122 degrees and certificates were awarded to community organization and advocacy students who went to a Illinois college or university. This makes it the #149 most popular major in the state.
There are so many programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one for you. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.
The Best Value Community Organization & Advocacy Schools in Illinois ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 4 schools in Illinois to see which ones offered the best value programs for community organization students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.
This ranking is not just a list of inexpensive schools. We also consider each school's quality, since we believe a low-quality school may not be a 'bargain' at any price. 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.
For nationwide and regional rankings, we use out-of-state tuition and fees in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.
Best Illinois Schools for Affordable Quality in Community Organization & Advocacy
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 Illinois. WIU is a moderately-sized public school located in the remote town of Macomb.
WIU undergraduate students pay an average of $13,297 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
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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 #2 on this year’s Best Value Community Organization & Advocacy Schools in Illinois list. UIUC is a very large public school located in the small city of Champaign.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at UIUC are $17,634 a year.
UIUC also took the #3 spot in our Best Community Organization & Advocacy Schools in Illinois rankings.
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Out of the 4 schools in Illinois that were part of this year’s ranking, Northwestern University landed the # 3 spot on the list. Northwestern is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Evanston.
Northwestern undergraduate students pay an average of $60,768 in in-state tuition and fees each year. On average, community organization graduates from Northwestern take out $16,500 in student loans while working on their degree.
In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Northwestern is ranked #1 for overall quality for community organization in Illinois.
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Out of the 4 schools in Illinois that were part of this year’s ranking, Aurora University landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in the suburb of Aurora, Aurora is a private not-for-profit school with a medium-sized student population.
In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Aurora are $26,760 per year.
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| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| Michigan | 293 |
| Ohio | 31 |
| Indiana | 73 |
| Wisconsin | 2 |
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| 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 4 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.