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With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. 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 in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking.
Community Organization & Advocacy is the 169th most popular major in the country with 3,096 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, community organization and advocacy graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $38,265 and had an average of $26,263 in loans still to pay off.
Across the Southeast region, there were 286 community organization and advocacy graduates with average earnings and debt of $34,268 and $31,603 respectively.
For this year’s “Best Value Community Organization Schools in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking, we looked at 6 colleges that offer 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.
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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value Community Organization Schools in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Community Organization Schools in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid.
Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Community Organization Schools in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Murray State University landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Murray, Kentucky, this medium-sized public school handed out 28 diplomas to qualified ’s community organization students in 2020-2021.
Murray State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Community Organization & Advocacy Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Murray State University is $11,736 for Southeast Region Community Organization students with aid.
Read more about Community Organization & Advocacy at Murray State University
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Western Kentucky University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Community Organization Schools in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid list. Western Kentucky University is located in Bowling Green, Kentucky and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 9 ’s community organization degrees to qualified students.
WKU also took the #5 spot in our “Best Community Organization & Advocacy Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Western Kentucky University is $12,522 for Southeast Region Community Organization students with aid.
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Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Community Organization Schools in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Middle Georgia State University landed the #3 spot on the list. Middle Georgia State University is a public institution located in Macon, Georgia. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 31 ’s degrees in 2020-2021.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Middle Georgia State University, the school also landed the #6 spot in our “Best Community Organization & Advocacy Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Middle Georgia State University is $10,354 for southeast region community organization students with aid.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Vanderbilt University. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Community Organization Schools in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid. Vanderbilt University is a fairly large school located in Nashville, Tennessee that handed out 13 ’s community organization degrees in 2020-2021.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Vanderbilt, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Community Organization & Advocacy Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Vanderbilt is $19,970 for southeast region community organization students with aid.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 96%. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Columbia College. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Community Organization Schools in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid. Columbia College South Carolina is a small school located in Columbia, South Carolina that handed out 14 ’s community organization degrees in 2020-2021.
Columbia College South Carolina not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best Community Organization & Advocacy Schools in the Southeast Region” list. It costs about $20,247 for Southeast Region Community Organization students with aid per year to attend Columbia College South Carolina.
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