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Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Community Organization Schools in the Far Western US Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Community Organization & Advocacy is the 227th most popular major in the country with 3,096 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across the Far Western US region, there were 110 community organization and advocacy graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Best Value Community Organization Schools in the Far Western US Region” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree 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.
Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the community organization and advocacy program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
One Size Does Not Fit All
The community organization school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Community Organization Schools in the Far Western US Region”.
In addition to College Factual’s rankings, you may want to take a look at College Combat, our unique tool that lets you pit your favorite schools head-to-head and compare how they rate on factors that most interest you. We encourage you to try it out and pit your favorite colleges and universities head to head! If you don’t have time right now, you can bookmark it for later.
The colleges and universities below are the best for far western us region community organization students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Portland State University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Best Value Community Organization Schools in the Far Western US Region list. This large school is located in Portland, Oregon, and it awarded 32 ’s community organization degrees in 2020-2021.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Portland State University, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Community Organization & Advocacy Schools in the Far Western US Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Portland State University is $12,498 for far western us region community organization students.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.7% 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%.
Read more about Community Organization & Advocacy at Portland State University
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of California - Santa Cruz. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Community Organization Schools in the Far Western US Region list. This fairly large school is located in Santa Cruz, California, and it awarded 35 ’s community organization degrees in 2020-2021.
UC Santa Cruz also took the #1 spot in our “Best Community Organization & Advocacy Schools in the Far Western US Region” ranking. It costs about $17,930 for Far Western US Region Community Organization students per year to attend UC Santa Cruz.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%.
Read full report on Community Organization & Advocacy at UC Santa Cruz
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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
- *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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