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

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

8 Colleges
$32,387 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$49,872 Avg Salary

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.

The Best Value Community Organization & Advocacy Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 8 schools in the Great Lakes Region to see which programs offered the best value experiences for community organization students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

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 Schools in the Great Lakes Region

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

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

$13,297 Average Tuition & Fees

Our analysis found Western Illinois University to be the best value school for community organization and advocacy students who want to pursue a degree in the Great Lakes Region . Located in the remote town of Macomb, WIU is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.

WIU undergraduate students pay an average of $13,297 in tuition and fees each year.

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The excellent programs at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best community organization and advocacy schools in the Great Lakes Region . Located in the city of Champaign, UIUC is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UIUC are $37,632 per year.

UIUC also took the #5 spot in our Best Community Organization & Advocacy Schools in the Great Lakes Region rankings.

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#3

Northwestern University

Evanston, IL

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Northwestern University is a great value for community organization and advocacy students. Located in the small city of Evanston, Northwestern is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Northwestern are $60,768 per year.

Northwestern also took the #1 spot in our Best Community Organization & Advocacy Schools in the Great Lakes Region rankings.

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$32,101 Average Tuition & Fees

Out of the 8 schools in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Indiana University - Purdue University - Indianapolis landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in the large city of Indianapolis, IUPUI is a public college with a very large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at IUPUI are $32,101 per year.

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$15,500 Average Tuition & Fees

Out of the 8 schools in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Eastern Michigan University landed the # 5 spot on the list. Eastern Michigan is a fairly large public school located in the suburb of Ypsilanti.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Eastern Michigan are $15,500 per year.

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$28,048 Average Tuition & Fees

University of Michigan - Dearborn landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value community organization and advocacy programs. Located in the city of Dearborn, UM Dearborn is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.

UM Dearborn undergraduate students pay an average of $28,048 in tuition and fees each year.

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#7

Cleveland State University

Cleveland, OH
$16,654 Average Tuition & Fees

Cleveland State University came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Community Organization & Advocacy Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Cleveland State University is a large public school located in the city of Cleveland.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Cleveland State University are $16,654 a year.

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University of Michigan - Ann Arbor came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Community Organization & Advocacy Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Located in the medium-sized city of Ann Arbor, U-M is a public college with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at U-M are $55,097 a year.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, U-M also is in the top 5% of our Best Community Organization & Advocacy Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking.

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Best Community Organization & Advocacy Colleges by State

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

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.

  • 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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