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2023 Best Community Organization & Advocacy Schools in Illinois

3 Colleges
$90,388 Avg Salary
$16,500 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Community Organization & Advocacy School for You

Community Organization & Advocacy is the #126 most popular major in Illinois with 53 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. 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 help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Grad Degree Search has developed this Best Community Organization & Advocacy Schools in Illinois ranking. This report analyzed 3 schools in Illinois to see which ones offered the best programs for students.

View our full ranking methodology.

2023 Best Community Organization & Advocacy Schools in Illinois

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

Top Illinois Schools in Community Organization & Advocacy

#1

Northwestern University

Evanston, IL

Our analysis found Northwestern University to be the best school for community organization and advocacy students who want to pursue a degree in Illinois. Northwestern is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Evanston.

Full Community Organization & Advocacy at Northwestern University Report

Out of the 3 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 fairly large public school located in the city of Champaign.

Read full report on Community Organization & Advocacy at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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 Illinois list. WIU is a medium-sized public school located in the town of Macomb.

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

Best Community Organization & Advocacy Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Michigan 50
Ohio 19
Indiana 59

One of 5 majors within the area of study, community organization and advocacy has other similar majors worth exploring.

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 3 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).

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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