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2023 Best Value Community Organization & Advocacy Master's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

7 Colleges
$31,458 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$51,689 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Community Organization & Advocacy Master's Degree 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 Master's Degree 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. This report analyzed 7 schools in the Great Lakes Region to see which ones offered the best value master's degree 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 Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region

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

Best Great Lakes Region Schools for Affordable Quality for a Master's in Community Organization & Advocacy

Our 2023 rankings named Western Illinois University the best value school in the Great Lakes Region for community organization and advocacy students working on their master’s degree. Located in the remote town of Macomb, WIU is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at WIU are $12,182 per year.

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

UIUC graduate students pay an average of $30,862 in tuition and fees each year.

UIUC also made our Best Community Organization & Advocacy Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list, coming in at #5.

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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 working on their master’s degree. Located in the small city of Evanston, Northwestern is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Northwestern are $56,567 per year.

Northwestern not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #1 on our Best Community Organization & Advocacy Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Indiana University - Purdue University - Indianapolis. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Community Organization & Advocacy Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in the city of Indianapolis, IUPUI is a public school with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at IUPUI are $26,529 a year.

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The excellent master’s degree programs at University of Michigan - Dearborn helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best value community organization and advocacy schools in the Great Lakes Region . Located in the midsize city of Dearborn, UM Dearborn is a public school with a medium-sized student population.

UM Dearborn graduate students pay an average of $25,552 in tuition and fees each year.

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#6

Cleveland State University

Cleveland, OH

Cleveland State University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for community organization and advocacy students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #6 on the list. Cleveland State University is a fairly large public school located in the city of Cleveland.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Cleveland State University are $18,051 a year.

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University of Michigan - Ann Arbor landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value master’s degree community organization and advocacy programs. Located in the city of Ann Arbor, U-M is a public school with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at U-M are $50,464 a year.

U-M excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 5% of all schools on our Best Community Organization & Advocacy Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list.

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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

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 7 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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