by our College Data Analytics Team
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Community Organization Major in the Great Lakes Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
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 Great Lakes region, there were 566 community organization and advocacy graduates with average earnings and debt of $49,872 and $27,886 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 293 community organization and advocacy graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,343 and $26,790 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Community Organization Major in the Great Lakes Region” ranking, we looked at 13 colleges that offer a degree in community organization and advocacy. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in community organization and advocacy.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for great lakes region bachelor’s degree community organization students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Siena Heights University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Community Organization Major in the Great Lakes Region list. Siena Heights University is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Adrian, Michigan. It awarded 36 bachelors’s community organization degrees in 2020-2021.
Read more about Community Organization & Advocacy at Siena Heights University
Out of the 13 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Community Organization Major in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Central Michigan University landed the #2 spot on the list. Central Michigan University is located in Mount Pleasant, Michigan and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 155 bachelors’s community organization degrees to qualified students.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.8% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Full Central Michigan University Community Organization & Advocacy Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Miami University - Hamilton. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Community Organization Major in the Great Lakes Region. Miami University - Hamilton is a small school located in Hamilton, Ohio that handed out 9 bachelors’s community organization degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full Miami University - Hamilton Community Organization & Advocacy Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Northland College. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Community Organization Major in the Great Lakes Region. Northland College is located in Ashland, Wisconsin and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 2 bachelors’s community organization degrees to qualified students.
Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.
Read more about Community Organization & Advocacy at Northland College
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Aquinas College Michigan. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Community Organization Major in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in Grand Rapids, Michigan, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 5 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s community organization students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Community Organization & Advocacy at Aquinas College Michigan
With a ranking of #6, Northwestern University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Community Organization Major in the Great Lakes Region list. Northwestern is a large school located in Evanston, Illinois that handed out 68 bachelors’s community organization degrees in 2020-2021.
With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.6% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 97%.
Full Northwestern University Community Organization & Advocacy Report
With a ranking of #7, Miami University - Middletown did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Community Organization Major in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in Middletown, Ohio, this small public school awarded 1 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s community organization students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.0% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Full Miami University - Middletown Community Organization & Advocacy Report
Indiana University - Purdue University - Indianapolis came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Community Organization Major in the Great Lakes Region ranking. IUPUI is a large school located in Indianapolis, Indiana that handed out 14 bachelors’s community organization degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full Indiana University - Purdue University - Indianapolis Community Organization & Advocacy Report
Madonna University came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Community Organization Major in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Madonna is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Livonia, Michigan. It awarded 1 bachelors’s community organization degrees in 2020-2021.
Full Madonna University Community Organization & Advocacy Report
Aurora University ranked #10 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Community Organization Major in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in Aurora, Illinois, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school handed out 1 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s community organization students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Community Organization & Advocacy at Aurora University
Cleveland State University came in at #11 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Community Organization Major in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Located in Cleveland, Ohio, this fairly large public school awarded 1 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s community organization students in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Community Organization & Advocacy at Cleveland State University
University of Indianapolis came in at #12 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Community Organization Major in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Located in Indianapolis, Indiana, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school handed out 0 degrees to qualified bachelors’s community organization students in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Community Organization & Advocacy at University of Indianapolis
With a ranking of #12, Alverno College did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Community Organization Major in the Great Lakes Region list. Alverno College is a small school located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin that handed out 0 bachelors’s community organization degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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