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2023 Most Popular Community Organization & Advocacy Master's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region

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Finding the Best Community Organization & Advocacy Master's Degree 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.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Most Popular Community Organization & Advocacy Master's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 8 schools in the Great Lakes Region to see which master's degree 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.

The following schools top our list of the Most Popular Community Organization & Advocacy Master's Degree Colleges.

Our 2023 rankings named University of Michigan - Ann Arbor the most popular school in the Great Lakes Region for community organization and advocacy students working on their master’s degree. U-M is a fairly large public school located in the midsize city of Ann Arbor.

Women make up 82% of the community organization majors at the school.

Read full report on Community Organization & Advocacy at University of Michigan - Ann Arbor

The in-demand master’s degree programs at Indiana University - Purdue University - Indianapolis helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular community organization and advocacy schools in the Great Lakes Region . IUPUI is a very large public school located in the large city of Indianapolis.

Women make up 62% of the community organization majors at the school.

Full Community Organization & Advocacy at Indiana University - Purdue University - Indianapolis Report

#3

Northwestern University

Evanston, IL

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Northwestern University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Popular Community Organization & Advocacy Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Northwestern is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Evanston.

Women make up 74% of the community organization majors at the school.

Full Community Organization & Advocacy at Northwestern University Report

#4

Cleveland State University

Cleveland, OH

The in-demand master’s degree programs at Cleveland State University helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular community organization and advocacy schools in the Great Lakes Region . Located in the city of Cleveland, Cleveland State University is a public college with a large student population.

Women make up 44% of the community organization majors at the school.

Full Community Organization & Advocacy at Cleveland State University Report

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 Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. WIU is a medium-sized public school located in the town of Macomb.

About 57% of the students majoring in community organization at the school are women while 43% are male.

Read full report on Community Organization & Advocacy at Western Illinois University

University of Michigan - Dearborn came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Community Organization & Advocacy Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. UM Dearborn is a medium-sized public school located in the midsize city of Dearborn.

Of the 3 students majoring in community organization at UM Dearborn, 33% are male and 67% are female.

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University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Community Organization & Advocacy Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. UIUC is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Champaign.

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#8

DePaul University

Chicago, IL

DePaul University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for community organization and advocacy students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #8 on the list. DePaul is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Chicago.

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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 8 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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