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2022 Best Value Community Organization Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $30-$48k

4 Ranked Colleges
485 Degrees Awarded
$17,600 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Community Organization Schools for a Bachelor's in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $30-$48k

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 Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 3,114 people earned their degree in community organization and advocacy, making the major the 172nd most popular in the United States. 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 Middle Atlantic region, there were 897 community organization and advocacy graduates with average earnings and debt of $27,150 and $17,442 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 485 community organization and advocacy graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,278 and $24,587 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Community Organization Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking analyzed 4 colleges that offered 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.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the community organization and advocacy program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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The community organization school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Community Organization Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $30-$48k”.

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Best Value Community Organization Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $30-$48k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Community Organization Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $30-$48k.

Top 4 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Community Organization & Advocacy (Income $30-$48k) in the Middle Atlantic Region

#1

SUNY Empire State College

Saratoga Springs, New York

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend SUNY Empire State College. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Community Organization Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $30-$48k. Saratoga Springs, New York is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s community organization degrees to 406 students in 2019-2020.

SUNY Empire also took the #1 spot in our “Best Community Organization & Advocacy Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. It costs about $13,501 for middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree community organization students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend SUNY Empire State College.

Full SUNY Empire State College Community Organization & Advocacy Report

#2

University of Baltimore

Baltimore, Maryland
#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Baltimore. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Community Organization Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $30-$48k. UB is located in Baltimore, Maryland and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 4 bachelors’s community organization degrees to qualified students.

UB did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Community Organization & Advocacy Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. It costs about $19,192 for middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree community organization students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend UB.

Full UB Community Organization & Advocacy Report

#3

Nazareth College

Rochester, New York
#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Nazareth College. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Community Organization Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. Nazareth College is a private not-for-profit institution located in Rochester, New York. The school has a small population, and it awarded 8 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Nazareth, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Community Organization & Advocacy Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Nazareth is $22,536 for Middle Atlantic Region Bachelor’s Degree Community Organization students whose families make $30-$48k.

With a student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The student loan default rate at the school is 3.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full Nazareth College Community Organization & Advocacy Report

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Metropolitan College of New York. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Community Organization Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. This small school is located in New York, New York, and it awarded 50 bachelors’s community organization degrees in 2019-2020.

MCNY did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Community Organization & Advocacy Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for MCNY is $15,114 for middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree community organization students whose families make $30-$48k.

Full Metropolitan College of New York Community Organization & Advocacy Report

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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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