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2023 Most Popular Community Organization & Advocacy Graduate Certificate Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region

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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.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right for you. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.

The Most Popular Community Organization & Advocacy Graduate Certificate Schools in the Middle Atlantic 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 Middle Atlantic Region to see which ones were the most popular graduate certificate programs for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Community Organization & Advocacy program at each school on the list.

The colleges and universities below are the most popular for community organization majors pursuing a graduate certificate.

#1

New York University

New York, NY

Our 2023 rankings named New York University the most popular school in the Middle Atlantic Region for community organization and advocacy students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the city of New York, NYU is a private not-for-profit school with a very large student population.

Women make up 68% of the community organization majors at the school.

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#2

SUNY Empire State College

Saratoga Springs, NY

Out of the 7 schools in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, SUNY Empire State College landed the # 2 spot on the list. SUNY Empire is a moderately-sized public school located in the suburb of Saratoga Springs.

Of the 15 students majoring in community organization at SUNY Empire, 7% are male and 93% are female.

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#3

Towson University

Towson, MD

The in-demand graduate certificate programs at Towson University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular community organization and advocacy schools in the Middle Atlantic Region . Towson is a very large public school located in the small city of Towson.

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#3

Binghamton University

Vestal, NY

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Binghamton University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Popular Community Organization & Advocacy Graduate Certificate Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Binghamton University is a fairly large public school located in the medium-sized suburb of Vestal.

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Out of the 7 schools in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, George Washington University landed the # 5 spot on the list. GWU is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Washington.

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#5

University at Buffalo

Buffalo, NY

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University at Buffalo. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Popular Community Organization & Advocacy Graduate Certificate Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. University at Buffalo is a very large public school located in the large suburb of Buffalo.

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Out of the 7 schools in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, The Graduate Center, CUNY landed the # 5 spot on the list. Located in the city of New York, The Graduate Center is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.

Read full report on Community Organization & Advocacy at The Graduate Center, CUNY

Best Community Organization & Advocacy Colleges by State

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State Degrees Awarded
New York 72
Pennsylvania 28
Maryland 6
District of Columbia 0

Community Organization & Advocacy is one of 5 different types of programs to choose from.

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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