2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Community Organization & Advocacy in Massachusetts (With Aid)

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 Massachusetts For Those Getting Aid” 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 Massachusetts, there were 247 community organization and advocacy graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,880 and $25,135 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 46 community organization and advocacy graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,240 and $41,137 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Community Organization Schools for a Master’s in Massachusetts For Those Getting Aid” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in community organization and advocacy. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality community organization and advocacy programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the community organization and advocacy program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Community Organization Schools for a Master’s in Massachusetts For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Community Organization Schools for a Master’s in Massachusetts For Those Getting Aid.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Community Organization & Advocacy in Massachusetts (With Aid)

#1

Clark University

Worcester, Massachusetts

#1 in overall quality

$47,730 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$44,170 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Clark University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Community Organization Schools for a Master’s in Massachusetts For Those Getting Aid list. Clark is a private not-for-profit institution located in Worcester, Massachusetts. The school has a small population, and it awarded 23 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Clark also took the #1 spot in our “Best Community Organization & Advocacy Master’s Degree Schools in Massachusetts” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Clark are $47,730.

Read more about Community Organization & Advocacy at Clark

#2

Brandeis University

Waltham, Massachusetts

$52,060 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Community Organization Schools for a Master’s in Massachusetts For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Brandeis University landed the #2 spot on the list. This medium-sized school is located in Waltham, Massachusetts, and it awarded 9 masters’s community organization degrees in 2019-2020.

Brandeis also took the #0 spot in our “Best Community Organization & Advocacy Master’s Degree Schools in Massachusetts” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Brandeis University are $52,060, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Community Organization & Advocacy at Brandeis

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Community Organization & Advocacy in the New England Region (With Aid)
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Community Organization & Advocacy (With Aid)

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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