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

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” 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.

For this year’s “Best Value Community Organization Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region” ranking, we looked at 4 colleges that offer a degree in community organization and advocacy. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great community organization and advocacy programs and 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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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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 for a Master’s in the Southeast Region” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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

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

Top 4 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Community Organization & Advocacy in the Southeast Region

#1

Murray State University

Murray, Kentucky

#2 in overall quality

$14,400 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$36,149 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Murray State University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Community Organization Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region list. Murray State is located in Murray, Kentucky and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 24 masters’s community organization degrees to qualified students.

In addition to being on our southeast region master’s degree community organization students list, Murray State has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Community Organization & Advocacy Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Murray State are $14,400, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full Murray State Community Organization & Advocacy Report

#2

Delta State University

Cleveland, Mississippi

#4 in overall quality

$8,121 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Delta State University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Community Organization Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region. Located in Cleveland, Mississippi, this small public school awarded 10 degrees to qualified masters’s community organization students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Delta State University, the school also landed 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

#3

Western Kentucky University

Bowling Green, Kentucky

#3 in overall quality

$18,340 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Community Organization Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Western Kentucky University landed the #3 spot on the list. Located in Bowling Green, Kentucky, this fairly large public school awarded 12 degrees to qualified masters’s community organization students in 2019-2020.

WKU also took the #3 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 WKU are $18,340.

Read full report on Community Organization & Advocacy at WKU

#4

Vanderbilt University

Nashville, Tennessee

#1 in overall quality

$50,624 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$51,273 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Community Organization Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Vanderbilt University landed the #4 spot on the list. Nashville, Tennessee is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s community organization degrees to 25 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Vanderbilt, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Community Organization & Advocacy Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Vanderbilt are $50,624, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Community Organization & Advocacy at Vanderbilt University

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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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