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2023 Best Value Community Organization & Advocacy Schools in Illinois

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

4 Colleges
$29,615 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$90,388 Avg Salary

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.

2023 Best Value Community Organization & Advocacy Schools in Illinois

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Community Organization & Advocacy Colleges.

Best Illinois Schools for Affordable Quality in Community Organization & Advocacy

$13,297 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named Western Illinois University the best value school in Illinois for community organization and advocacy students. WIU is a moderately-sized public school located in the remote town of Macomb.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at WIU are $13,297 a year.

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$17,634 Average Tuition & Fees

Out of the 4 schools in Illinois that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign landed the # 2 spot on the list. UIUC is a very large public school located in the city of Champaign.

UIUC undergraduate students pay an average of $17,634 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

UIUC also made our Best Community Organization & Advocacy Schools in Illinois list, coming in at #3.

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#3

Northwestern University

Evanston, IL
$60,768 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent programs at Northwestern University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best community organization and advocacy schools in Illinois. Northwestern is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the 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.

Northwestern also made our Best Community Organization & Advocacy Schools in Illinois list, coming in at #1.

Full Community Organization & Advocacy at Northwestern University Report

#4

Aurora University

Aurora, IL
$26,760 Average Tuition & Fees

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 large suburb of Aurora, Aurora is a private not-for-profit school with a moderately-sized student population.

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

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

Explore all the Best Value Community Organization & Advocacy Schools in the Great Lakes Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Michigan 293
Ohio 31
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 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.

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