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2023 Best Community Organization & Advocacy Schools in the Great Lakes Region

8 Colleges
$49,872 Avg Salary
$27,886 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Community Organization & Advocacy School for You

Community Organization & Advocacy is the #154 most popular major in the country with 741 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best 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.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Grad Degree Search has created its Best Community Organization & Advocacy Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 8 schools in the Great Lakes Region to see which programs offered the best educational experiences for students.

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2023 Best Community Organization & Advocacy Schools in the Great Lakes Region

Check out the community organization programs at these schools if you want to get the best education that money can buy.

Top Great Lakes Region Schools in Community Organization & Advocacy

#1

Northwestern University

Evanston, IL

Our 2023 rankings named Northwestern University the best school in the Great Lakes Region for community organization and advocacy students. Located in the small city of Evanston, Northwestern is a private not-for-profit college with a very large student population.

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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is a great place for community organization and advocacy students. Located in the city of Champaign, UIUC is a public college with a very large student population.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Western Illinois University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Community Organization & Advocacy Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in the town of Macomb, WIU is a public school with a medium-sized student population.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Michigan - Ann Arbor. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Community Organization & Advocacy Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in the midsize city of Ann Arbor, U-M is a public school with a very large student population.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Indiana University - Purdue University - Indianapolis. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Community Organization & Advocacy Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in the large city of Indianapolis, IUPUI is a public college with a very large student population.

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Eastern Michigan University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Community Organization & Advocacy Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Eastern Michigan is a fairly large public school located in the suburb of Ypsilanti.

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University of Michigan - Dearborn landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best community organization and advocacy programs. Located in the medium-sized city of Dearborn, UM Dearborn is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.

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#8

Cleveland State University

Cleveland, OH

With a ranking of #8, Cleveland State University did quite well on this year’s best schools for community organization and advocacy students. Cleveland State University is a fairly large public school located in the city of Cleveland.

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Best Community Organization & Advocacy Colleges by State

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State Degrees Awarded
Michigan 50
Illinois 53
Ohio 19
Indiana 59

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Community Organization & Advocacy is one of 5 different types of programs to choose from.

Majors Similar to Community Organization

Related Major Annual Graduates
Social Work 33,631
Public Administration 13,571
Public Policy 3,737
Human Services 1,277
Other Public Administration 295

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 8 schools only.

  • Read more about our ranking methodology.
  • 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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