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2022 Best Value Community Organization Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid

5 Ranked Colleges
192 Degrees Awarded
$21,000 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Community Organization Schools for a Master's in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Community Organization & Advocacy is the 172nd most popular major in the country with 3,114 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. 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 Southeast region, there were 258 community organization and advocacy graduates with average earnings and debt of $30,875 and $35,690 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 192 community organization and advocacy graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,950 and $43,286 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Community Organization Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking analyzed 5 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.

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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Community Organization Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region master’s degree community organization students with aid.

Top 5 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Community Organization & Advocacy in the Southeast Region (With Aid)

#1

Western Kentucky University

Bowling Green, Kentucky
#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Western Kentucky University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Community Organization Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid list. WKU is located in Bowling Green, Kentucky and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 12 masters’s community organization degrees to qualified students.

WKU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Community Organization & Advocacy Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at WKU are $18,340, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#2

Murray State University

Murray, Kentucky

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Murray State University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Community Organization Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid. Murray State University is a medium-sized public school situated in Murray, Kentucky. It awarded 24 masters’s community organization degrees in 2019-2020.

Murray State not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Community Organization & Advocacy Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Murray State University are $14,400.

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#3

Vanderbilt University

Nashville, Tennessee

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Vanderbilt University. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Community Organization Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid list. Vanderbilt is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Nashville, Tennessee. It awarded 25 masters’s community organization degrees in 2019-2020.

Vanderbilt also made our “Best Community Organization & Advocacy Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at Vanderbilt are $50,624, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Vanderbilt Community Organization & Advocacy Report

#4

Delta State University

Cleveland, Mississippi
#4 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Delta State University. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Community Organization Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid. Delta State University is located in Cleveland, Mississippi and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 10 masters’s community organization degrees to qualified students.

Delta State University also took the #4 spot in our “Best Community Organization & Advocacy Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Delta State University are $8,121.

Read more about Community Organization & Advocacy at Delta State University

#5

Southeastern University

Lakeland, Florida

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Southeastern University. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Community Organization Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid list. Located in Lakeland, Florida, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school awarded 2 diplomas to qualified masters’s community organization students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southeast region master’s degree community organization students with aid list, SEU has also earned the #0 rank in our “Best Community Organization & Advocacy Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at SEU are $13,515, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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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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