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

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Community Organization Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region” 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” ranking looked at 5 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.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the community organization and advocacy program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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

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

Top 5 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Community Organization & Advocacy in the Great Lakes Region

#1

Western Illinois University

Macomb, Illinois

#3 in overall quality

$11,996 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Western Illinois University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Community Organization Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region list. WIU is a public institution located in Macomb, Illinois. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 6 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

WIU also took the #3 spot 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

#2

Cleveland State University

Cleveland, Ohio

#4 in overall quality

$17,622 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Cleveland State University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Community Organization Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region. This fairly large school is located in Cleveland, Ohio, and it awarded 16 masters’s community organization degrees in 2019-2020.

Cleveland State University also made our “Best Community Organization & Advocacy Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list, coming in at #4. Average graduate tuition and fees at Cleveland State University are $17,622, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#3

University of Michigan - Dearborn

Dearborn, Michigan

#5 in overall quality

$25,072 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Michigan - Dearborn. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Community Organization Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in Dearborn, Michigan, this medium-sized public school awarded 2 diplomas to qualified masters’s community organization 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. Average graduate tuition and fees at UM Dearborn are $25,072, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Community Organization & Advocacy at University of Michigan - Dearborn

#4

University of Michigan - Ann Arbor

Ann Arbor, Michigan

#2 in overall quality

$49,548 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Michigan - Ann Arbor. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Community Organization Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region list. University of Michigan - Ann Arbor is a public institution located in Ann Arbor, Michigan. The school has a large population, and it awarded 35 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

U-M also made our “Best Community Organization & Advocacy Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list, coming in at #2. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Michigan - Ann Arbor are $49,548, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full University of Michigan - Ann Arbor Community Organization & Advocacy Report

#5

Northwestern University

Evanston, Illinois

#1 in overall quality

$56,567 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Northwestern University. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Community Organization Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region list. Northwestern University is located in Evanston, Illinois and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 47 masters’s community organization degrees to qualified students.

Northwestern also made our “Best Community Organization & Advocacy Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at Northwestern University are $56,567, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Community Organization & Advocacy at Northwestern

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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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