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

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

3 Colleges
$37,305 Avg Tuition & Fees*

Finding the Best Community Organization & Advocacy Graduate Certificate 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 Value Community Organization & Advocacy Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. This report analyzed 3 schools in the Great Lakes Region to see which ones offered the best value graduate certificate programs for community organization students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

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

Check out the community organization graduate certificate programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Best Great Lakes Region Schools for Affordable Quality for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Community Organization & Advocacy

#1

Northwestern University

Evanston, IL

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

Northwestern graduate students pay an average of $56,567 in tuition and fees each year.

Northwestern also made our Best Community Organization & Advocacy Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region list, coming in at #1.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Indiana University - Purdue University - Indianapolis. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Community Organization & Advocacy Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in the city of Indianapolis, IUPUI is a public college with a very large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at IUPUI are $26,529 per year.

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

Out of the 3 schools in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Eastern Michigan University landed the # 3 spot on the list. Eastern Michigan is a fairly large public school located in the suburb of Ypsilanti.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Eastern Michigan are $28,818 per year.

Read full report on Community Organization & Advocacy at Eastern Michigan University

Best Community Organization & Advocacy Colleges by State

Explore the best community organization and advocacy schools for a specific state in the Great Lakes region.

State Degrees Awarded
Michigan 50
Illinois 53
Ohio 19
Indiana 59

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 3 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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