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2023 Best Community Organization & Advocacy Master's Degree Schools in Illinois

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$51,689 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Community Organization & Advocacy Master's Degree 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 assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Grad Degree Search has created its Best Community Organization & Advocacy Master's Degree Schools in Illinois ranking. This report analyzed 3 schools in Illinois to see which ones offered the best master's degree programs for students. Factors related to overall quality of the school, post-graduation earnings, average student debt, and more accumulated were considered when coming up with this list.

View our full ranking methodology.

2023 Best Community Organization & Advocacy Master’s Degree Schools in Illinois

The colleges and universities below are the best for community organization majors pursuing a master's degree.

Top Illinois Schools for a Master's 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 master’s degree in Illinois. Northwestern is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Evanston.

Read full report on Community Organization & Advocacy at Northwestern University

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 small city of Champaign.

Full Community Organization & Advocacy at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Report

The excellent master’s degree programs at Western Illinois University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best community organization and advocacy schools in Illinois. WIU is a medium-sized public school located in the town of Macomb.

Full Community Organization & Advocacy at Western Illinois University Report

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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