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2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Community Organization & Advocacy (Income $0-$30k) in the Great Lakes Region

6 Ranked Colleges
107 Degrees Awarded
$31,800 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Community Organization Schools for a Master's in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Community Organization Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2019-2020, 3,114 people earned their degree in community organization and advocacy, making the major the 243rd most popular in the United States.

Across the Great Lakes region, there were 538 community organization and advocacy graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 107 community organization and advocacy graduates with average earnings and debt of $57,039 and $42,488 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Community Organization Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking analyzed 6 colleges that offered a degree in community organization and advocacy. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent community organization and advocacy programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the community organization and advocacy program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Community Organization Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Community Organization Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 6 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Community Organization & Advocacy (Income $0-$30k) in the Great Lakes Region

#1

Northwestern University

Evanston, Illinois
#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Northwestern University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Community Organization Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Northwestern University is a large private not-for-profit school situated in Evanston, Illinois. It awarded 47 masters’s community organization degrees in 2019-2020.

Northwestern not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Community Organization & Advocacy Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Northwestern are $56,567, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Northwestern Community Organization & Advocacy Report

#2 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Community Organization Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Michigan - Ann Arbor landed the #2 spot on the list. U-M is a large public school situated in Ann Arbor, Michigan. It awarded 35 masters’s community organization degrees in 2019-2020.

U-M did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Community Organization & Advocacy Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at U-M are $49,548, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full U-M Community Organization & Advocacy Report

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Community Organization Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. UIUC is a large school located in Champaign, Illinois that handed out 1 masters’s community organization degrees in 2019-2020.

UIUC not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #0 on our “Best Community Organization & Advocacy Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at UIUC are $30,083.

Read full report on Community Organization & Advocacy at UIUC

#5 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Community Organization Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Michigan - Dearborn landed the #4 spot on the list. Dearborn, Michigan is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s community organization degrees to 2 students in 2019-2020.

UM Dearborn did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our “Best Community Organization & Advocacy Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of Michigan - Dearborn are $25,072.

Read more about Community Organization & Advocacy at UM Dearborn

#5

Western Illinois University

Macomb, Illinois
#3 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Community Organization Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Western Illinois University landed the #5 spot on the list. WIU is a medium-sized public school situated in Macomb, Illinois. It awarded 6 masters’s community organization degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our great lakes region master’s degree community organization students whose families make $0-$30k list, WIU has also earned the #3 rank in our “Best Community Organization & Advocacy Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Western Illinois University are $11,996, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Community Organization & Advocacy at Western Illinois University

#6

Cleveland State University

Cleveland, Ohio
#4 in overall quality

With a ranking of #6, Cleveland State University did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Community Organization Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Located in Cleveland, Ohio, this fairly large public school handed out 16 degrees to qualified masters’s community organization students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Cleveland State University, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best Community Organization & Advocacy Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Cleveland State University are $17,622, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Cleveland State University Community Organization & Advocacy Report

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Notes and References

References

  • 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 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).
  • Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

  • *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
  • Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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