2023 Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Community Organization & Advocacy in the Far Western US Region

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Community Organization Major in the Far Western US Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2020-2021, 3,096 people earned their degree in community organization and advocacy, making the major the 169th most popular in the United States. 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 Far Western US region, there were 110 community organization and advocacy graduates with average earnings and debt of $30,429 and $18,947 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 11 community organization and advocacy graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,803 and $17,868 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Community Organization Major in the Far Western US Region” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree in community organization and advocacy. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their community organization and advocacy program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.

Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Community Organization Major in the Far Western US Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for far western us region associate degree community organization students.

Top 3 Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Community Organization & Advocacy in the Far Western US Region

1

Lane Community College
Eugene, Oregon

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Lane Community College. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Community Organization Major in the Far Western US Region list. This medium-sized school is located in Eugene, Oregon, and it awarded 7 associates’s community organization degrees in 2020-2021.

Full Lane Community College Community Organization & Advocacy Report

2

University of Alaska Fairbanks
Fairbanks, Alaska

Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Community Organization Major in the Far Western US Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Alaska Fairbanks landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Fairbanks, Alaska, this medium-sized public school awarded 3 diplomas to qualified associates’s community organization students in 2020-2021.

Read more about Community Organization & Advocacy at UAF

3

Clackamas Community College
Oregon City, Oregon

Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Community Organization Major in the Far Western US Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Clackamas Community College landed the #3 spot on the list. This medium-sized school is located in Oregon City, Oregon, and it awarded 1 associates’s community organization degrees in 2020-2021.

Read full report on Community Organization & Advocacy at Clackamas Community College

• Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Community Organization & Advocacy

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

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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.