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2023 Most Popular 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.

The Most Popular Community Organization & Advocacy Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 6 schools in the Great Lakes Region to see which graduate certificate programs were the most popular for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Community Organization & Advocacy program at each school on the list.

Check out the community organization graduate certificate programs at these schools if you want to attend one of the most popular in the Great Lakes Region .

Our analysis found Indiana University - Purdue University - Indianapolis to be the most popular school for community organization and advocacy students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in the Great Lakes Region . IUPUI is a very large public school located in the large city of Indianapolis.

Of the 18 students majoring in community organization at IUPUI, 11% are male and 89% are female.

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#2

Northwestern University

Evanston, IL

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Northwestern University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Community Organization & Advocacy Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Northwestern is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Evanston.

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#3

University of Dayton

Dayton, OH

The in-demand graduate certificate programs at University of Dayton helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular community organization and advocacy schools in the Great Lakes Region . UDayton is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Dayton.

About 33% of the students majoring in community organization at the school are women while 67% are male.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Eastern Michigan University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Popular Community Organization & Advocacy Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in the suburb of Ypsilanti, Eastern Michigan is a public college with a large student population.

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#5

DePaul University

Chicago, IL

The in-demand graduate certificate programs at DePaul University helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular community organization and advocacy schools in the Great Lakes Region . DePaul is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Chicago.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Western Illinois University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Popular Community Organization & Advocacy Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. WIU is a moderately-sized public school located in the town of Macomb.

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Best Community Organization & Advocacy Colleges by State

Explore the best community organization and advocacy colleges 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 6 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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