2024 Best Colleges for Community Organization and Advocacy

SUMMARY

Choosing to study Community Organization and Advocacy is not only a valuable choice, but usually an obligatory first step for students hoping to enter a career as a clinical supervisor, a government programs eligibility interviewers, or a public advocacy manager. In fact, community organization and advocacy is a ​unique degree coming in at the 168th most popular major. Last year alone, there were 1,625 community organization and advocacy diplomas received. In-state tuition for community organization and advocacy at private schools is, on average, 3.8 times more pricey than their public equivalents.

With only 55 colleges having programs for this degree there could be a smaller selection of institutions which will have a degree program for you. If you are hoping to surround yourself with other community organization and advocacy undergraduates, consider looking at institutions in New York which have more undergrads admitted to community organization and advocacy than any other state. Zooming out, the top region to study community organization and advocacy is in the Mid East region with Metropolitan College of New York, SUNY Empire State College, and Allegheny College best representing the region. Interestingly, our selection of the best conference to study community organization and advocacy is the Western Athletic Conference with Grand Canyon University representing the conference. From our extensive list on the best colleges, our choice for the best school for community organization and advocacy is Northwestern University.

The overall 'best' school does not have to be the 'best' school for every student. There might be a bunch more facets to weigh when choosing institution. Features like campus amenities, transportation services, and food would definitely affect your decision on which school to attend. Here at authority.org, we've evaluated the pros and cons for you. If, as an example, you are interested in which community organization and advocacy university boasts the top college campus, the winner is Northwestern University. If, for example, you are very interested in which college has the finest campus, we have a whole list dedicated to that. We have carefully pored through student reviews, government databases, professor reviews, and more so we can compare every major in the United States in an unbiased and informative way. You can find our well researched list for the universities with the best student life&nbsphere and, from that list, our selection for the university with the best student life for community organization and advocacy is Northwestern University. Are you curious why? Continue reading to discover more about Authority's top recommendations. Many of our picks just might surprise you.

If expense is a major factor in your decisions, you might be cautious about Northwestern University. Northwestern University&nbspis the most expensive university for community organization and advocacy, at least for out of state students. That being said, we have a page for the most expensive&nbspcolleges that might put the cost at Northwestern University&nbspinto perspective. For more context, you may be interested to know that community organization and advocacy is the 252nd most expensive degree in the nation, with an average associated cost of $26,900. To zoom out a little, the most expensive state for community organization and advocacy on our list is Illinois with expenses at the main university, Northwestern University, of $56,232. To zoom out even further, the most expensive region for community organization and advocacy is the Great Lakes region which is best demonstrated with Northwestern University with a cost of $56,232, Aquinas College with a cost of $33,256, and Siena Heights University with a cost of $26,558.

Our cheapest region for community organization and advocacy is the Plains region which is represented by Black Hills State University with a cost of $11,024. In better news, the most affordable university for community organization and advocacy is Middle Georgia State University. Authority's full list of the most affordable colleges can be found here.

In-state students can expect to pay about $10,000 for a degree in community organization and advocacy. That cost inflates significantly to an average of $23,300 for the out-of-state public-school student. On that note, our selection for the university with the best value for community organization and advocacy: Northwestern University. Through this link you can see our comprehensive list of the colleges we see as being the best value&nbspin general. With that said, this idea is predicated on the assumption that you are an out-of-state student. A discussion of value changes when in-state tuition costs are considered, but as we do not know what state(s) you might qualify for in-state tuition, we are approaching this discussion through out-of-state tuition costs.

Earnings for community organization and advocacy students vary widely, but two years after finishing the degree graduates will regularly make around $87,300. There is a lot of variation in earnings; highest paid earners can experience pay up to $164,000. Right out of college, the lowest earning opportunities within the community organization and advocacy field earn $45,900, which could be worse. The top earning grads for community organization and advocacy studied at Northwestern University&nbspand if you want to find the colleges with all of the highest earning graduates, we have that too.

The general diversity of community organization and advocacy ranks solid, falling within the 66th percentile of all programs. The school with the highest composite diversity for community organization and advocacy is Grand Canyon University&nbspand here you can find our general list for the schools which have the most diversity. The financial diversity of the Community Organization and Advocacy major only ranks in the 4th percentile compared to all other majors. Racial diversity is actually above financial diversity, ranking in the 66th percentile. White collegians make up the largest share, 53%, of those studying community organization and advocacy. Additionally, 79% of undergraduates pursuing a community organization and advocacy degree are women.

The median score for community organization and advocacy professors is 4 stars, a score that is actually the median across every major; this is a fine. If you are interested in the most popular community organization and advocacy instructor in the nation, look no further than Maureen Mccormick at Florida State College at Jacksonville. This may be surprising, but the best rated community organization and advocacy professors according to students are found at Saint Cloud State University. If we including data other than basic rankings we find that the university with the best professors for community organization and advocacy is Northwestern University. You will find an explanation of our ever evolving ranking methodology for the best overall professors here, as well as many of the finest instructors in the country.

Finally, the most difficult school to get into for community organization and advocacy is Northwestern University. While we think of this list more as a novelty, we do have a comprehensive list for the hardest colleges to get into. That being said, we hope you understand that approaching college with a perspective primarily formed from superlatives could cause issues. We at Authority encourage you to read our other pages on different schools and explore some of our helpful background articles on essential things to think about as you progress with your school search.