2025 Best Community Organization & Advocacy Schools in Illinois

Community Organization & Advocacy is about average in terms of popularity for degree programs. That is, it ranks #169 out of the 395 majors across the country that we analyze each year. So, it might take a little more work to find colleges and universities that offer the degree program.

For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in Illinois to determine which ones were the best for community organization & advocacy students pursuing a degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 119 degrees in community organization & advocacy annually.

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Pick Your Community Organization & Advocacy Degree Level

Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Community Organization & Advocacy Schools in Illinois list, to help you choose the best school for you. If you'd like to restrict your choices to just one part of the country, you can filter this list by location.

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Best Schools for Community Organization & Advocacy in Illinois

Although we recommend filtering by degree level first, you can view the list below to see which schools give the educational experience for the community organization degree levels they offer.

Top Illinois Schools in Community Organization

1

Northwestern University
Evanston, IL

Graduate Certificate Highest Degree Type

88 Community Organization Degrees Awarded

$88,382 Median Starting Salary

It is hard to beat Northwestern University if you wish to pursue a degree in community organization & advocacy. Located in the city of Evanston, Northwestern is a private not-for-profit university with a very large student population.

Those community organization & advocacy students who get their degree from Northwestern University receive $43,599 more than the standard community organization graduate.

More information about a degree in community organization & advocacy from Northwestern University

2

Western Illinois University
Macomb, IL

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

65.0% Growth in Graduates

It is difficult to beat Western Illinois University if you wish to pursue a degree in community organization & advocacy. Located in the town of Macomb, WIU is a public university with a medium-sized student population.More information about a degree in community organization & advocacy from Western Illinois University

Best Community Organization & Advocacy Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

Explore all the Best Community Organization & Advocacy Colleges in the Great Lakes Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Michigan	322	291
Ohio	314	28
Indiana	294	55
Wisconsin	273	2

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Rankings in Majors Related to Community Organization

Community Organization & Advocacy is one of 4 different types of Public Administration & Social Service programs to choose from.

Community Organization Focus Areas

Major	Annual Graduates
Community Organization & Advocacy	119

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Most Popular Majors Related to Community Organization

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Public Policy	495
Public Administration	395
Human Services	131
Other Public Administration	61

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Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• 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 the rest 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).

More about our data sources and methodologies.