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2022 Best Vallue Community Organization Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making Over $110k

6 Ranked Colleges
107 Degrees Awarded
$31,800 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Vallue Community Organization Schools for a Master's in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making Over $110k

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Vallue Community Organization Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making Over $110k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 3,114 people earned their degree in community organization and advocacy, making the major the 172nd most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, community organization and advocacy graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $31,697 and had an average of $25,006 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Great Lakes region, there were 538 community organization and advocacy graduates with average earnings and debt of $42,950 and $26,868 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 Vallue Community Organization Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making Over $110k” 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.

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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Vallue Community Organization Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making Over $110k

The colleges and universities below are the best for great lakes region master’s degree community organization students whose families make more than $110k.

Top 6 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Community Organization & Advocacy (Income Over $110k) in the Great Lakes Region

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Michigan - Ann Arbor. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Vallue Community Organization Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making Over $110k list. U-M 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.

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#5 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Vallue Community Organization Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making Over $110k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Michigan - Dearborn landed the #2 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.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UM Dearborn, the school also landed the #5 spot in our “Best Community Organization & Advocacy Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UM Dearborn are $25,072, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#3

Western Illinois University

Macomb, Illinois
#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Western Illinois University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Vallue Community Organization Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making Over $110k. Located in Macomb, Illinois, this medium-sized public school handed out 6 degrees to qualified masters’s community organization students in 2019-2020.

WIU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 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 Western Illinois University are $11,996.

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#4

Northwestern University

Evanston, Illinois

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Vallue Community Organization Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making Over $110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Northwestern University landed the #4 spot on the list. Northwestern 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.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Northwestern, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Community Organization & Advocacy Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Northwestern are $56,567, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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Out of the 6 schools in the Best Vallue Community Organization Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making Over $110k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign landed the #5 spot on the list. This large school is located in Champaign, Illinois, and it awarded 1 masters’s community organization degrees in 2019-2020.

UIUC also made our “Best Community Organization & Advocacy Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list, coming in at #0. Average graduate tuition and fees at UIUC are $30,083, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Community Organization & Advocacy Report

#6

Cleveland State University

Cleveland, Ohio

Cleveland State University ranked #6 on this year’s Best Vallue Community Organization Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making Over $110k list. Cleveland, Ohio is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s community organization degrees to 16 students 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. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Cleveland State University are $17,622.

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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%.

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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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