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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Community Organization & Advocacy in the Great Lakes Region

6 Ranked Colleges
284 Degrees Awarded
$18,800 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Community Organization Schools for a Bachelor's in the Great Lakes Region

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Value Community Organization Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region” ranking.

Community Organization & Advocacy is the 243rd most popular major in the country with 3,114 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

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 bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 284 community organization and advocacy graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,075 and $25,381 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Community Organization Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region” ranking looked at 6 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in community organization and advocacy. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality community organization and advocacy programs that also have a lower cost than 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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Community Organization Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Community Organization Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region.

Top 6 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Community Organization & Advocacy in the Great Lakes Region

#1

Central Michigan University

Mount Pleasant, Michigan
#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Central Michigan University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Community Organization Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region list. Central Michigan University is a fairly large school located in Mount Pleasant, Michigan that handed out 149 bachelors’s community organization degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Central Michigan, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Community Organization & Advocacy Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Central Michigan University is $15,981 for great lakes region bachelor’s degree community organization students.

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#2

University of Indianapolis

Indianapolis, Indiana
#3 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Community Organization Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Indianapolis landed the #2 spot on the list. Indianapolis, Indiana is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s community organization degrees to 3 students in 2019-2020.

UIndy also took the #3 spot in our “Best Community Organization & Advocacy Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. It costs about $20,512 for great lakes region bachelor’s degree community organization students per year to attend University of Indianapolis.

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#6 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Miami University - Hamilton. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Community Organization Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region. Miami University - Hamilton is a small public school situated in Hamilton, Ohio. It awarded 7 bachelors’s community organization degrees in 2019-2020.

Miami University - Hamilton also made our “Best Community Organization & Advocacy Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list, coming in at #6. It costs about $11,559 for great lakes region bachelor’s degree community organization students per year to attend Miami University - Hamilton.

Read more about Community Organization & Advocacy at Miami University - Hamilton

#4

Siena Heights University

Adrian, Michigan
#4 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Siena Heights University. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Community Organization Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region. Siena Heights University is a small school located in Adrian, Michigan that handed out 43 bachelors’s community organization degrees in 2019-2020.

Siena Heights University did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Community Organization & Advocacy Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. It costs about $21,249 for Great Lakes Region Bachelor’s Degree Community Organization students per year to attend Siena Heights University.

Full Siena Heights University Community Organization & Advocacy Report

#5

Aquinas College Michigan

Grand Rapids, Michigan
#5 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Aquinas College Michigan. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Community Organization Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in Grand Rapids, Michigan, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 6 degrees to qualified bachelors’s community organization students in 2019-2020.

Aquinas College Michigan did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our “Best Community Organization & Advocacy Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Aquinas College Michigan is $18,549 for Great Lakes Region Bachelor’s Degree Community Organization students.

Full Aquinas College Michigan Community Organization & Advocacy Report

#6

Northwestern University

Evanston, Illinois
#1 in overall quality

Northwestern University ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Community Organization Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region list. Northwestern is a private not-for-profit institution located in Evanston, Illinois. The school has a large population, and it awarded 73 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Northwestern not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Community Organization & Advocacy Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Northwestern University is $24,664 for Great Lakes Region Bachelor’s Degree Community Organization students.

The low student loan default rate of 0.8% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 97%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. Since the school has a student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.

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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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