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With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Community Organization Major” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Community Organization & Advocacy is the 169th most popular major in the country with 2,872 degrees awarded in 2021-2022. In , community organization & advocacy graduates who were awarded their degree in , earned an average of $39,296 and had an average of $27,890 in loans still to pay off.
At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 1,688 community organization & advocacy graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,724 and $23,030 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Community Organization Major” ranking, we looked at 59 colleges that offer a degree in community organization & advocacy. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their community organization & advocacy program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Community Organization Major” list to help you make the college decision.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for bachelor’s degree community organization students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Springfield College - School of Professional and Continuing Studies. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Community Organization Major list. Located in Springfield, Massachusetts, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 80 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s community organization students in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.2% 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%. The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend SUNY Empire State College. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Community Organization Major. SUNY Empire State College is a medium-sized school located in Saratoga Springs, New York that handed out 400 bachelors’s community organization degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full SUNY Empire State College Community Organization & Advocacy Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Metropolitan College of New York. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Community Organization Major. MCNY is a small private not-for-profit school situated in New York, New York. It awarded 0 bachelors’s community organization degrees in 2021-2022.
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. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.1% 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%.
Read full report on Community Organization & Advocacy at Metropolitan College of New York
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Siena Heights University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Community Organization Major list. This small school is located in Adrian, Michigan, and it awarded 25 bachelors’s community organization degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Community Organization & Advocacy at Siena Heights University
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Albertus Magnus College. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Community Organization Major list. Albertus Magnus is a small school located in New Haven, Connecticut that handed out 17 bachelors’s community organization degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.1% 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 Albertus Magnus College Community Organization & Advocacy Report
Black Hills State University landed the #6 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Community Organization Major ranking. Spearfish, South Dakota is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s community organization degrees to 15 students in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.3% 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%.
Read full report on Community Organization & Advocacy at BHSU
Columbia College landed the #7 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Community Organization Major ranking. Columbia College is a private not-for-profit institution located in Columbia, South Carolina. The school has a small population, and it awarded 6 bachelors’s degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.5% 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%.
Read more about Community Organization & Advocacy at Columbia College South Carolina
Allegheny College ranked #8 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Community Organization Major list. Allegheny College is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Meadville, Pennsylvania. It awarded 8 bachelors’s community organization degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full Allegheny Community Organization & Advocacy Report
Central Michigan University came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Community Organization Major ranking. Central Michigan is located in Mount Pleasant, Michigan and, has a fairly large student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 111 bachelors’s community organization degrees to qualified students.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Community Organization & Advocacy at Central Michigan University
Middle Georgia State University landed the #10 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Community Organization Major ranking. Middle Georgia State University is located in Macon, Georgia and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 6 bachelors’s community organization degrees to qualified students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Community Organization & Advocacy at Middle Georgia State University
Guilford College came in at #11 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Community Organization Major ranking. Guilford is a small school located in Greensboro, North Carolina that handed out 8 bachelors’s community organization degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Community Organization & Advocacy at Guilford
Miami University - Hamilton landed the #12 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Community Organization Major ranking. Located in Hamilton, Ohio, this small public school awarded 3 degrees to qualified bachelors’s community organization students in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Community Organization & Advocacy at Miami University - Hamilton
West Virginia University Institute of Technology ranked #13 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Community Organization Major list. Located in Beckley, West Virginia, this small public school handed out 3 degrees to qualified bachelors’s community organization students in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Community Organization & Advocacy at West Virginia University Institute of Technology
Northland College did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Community Organization Major ranking, coming in at #14. This small school is located in Ashland, Wisconsin, and it awarded 2 bachelors’s community organization degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. 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.
Full Northland College Community Organization & Advocacy Report
Aquinas College Michigan landed the #15 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Community Organization Major ranking. Aquinas College Michigan is located in Grand Rapids, Michigan and, has a small student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 2 bachelors’s community organization degrees to qualified students.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.9% 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%. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Full Aquinas College Michigan Community Organization & Advocacy Report
Grand Canyon University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Community Organization Major ranking, coming in at #16. Grand Canyon University is a private for-profit institution located in Phoenix, Arizona. The school has a large population, and it awarded 407 bachelors’s degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.5% 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 Grand Canyon University Community Organization & Advocacy Report
University of Phoenix - Arizona came in at #17 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Community Organization Major ranking. University of Phoenix - Arizona is a private for-profit institution located in Phoenix, Arizona. The school has a large population, and it awarded 328 bachelors’s degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.6% 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%.
Full UOPX - Arizona Community Organization & Advocacy Report
Nazareth College came in at #18 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Community Organization Major ranking. Located in Rochester, New York, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 6 degrees to qualified bachelors’s community organization students in 2021-2022.
The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 9 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 1.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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Southern Arkansas University Main Campus landed the #19 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Community Organization Major ranking. Southern Arkansas University Main Campus is located in Magnolia, Arkansas and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 2 bachelors’s community organization degrees to qualified students.
Full Southern Arkansas University Main Campus Community Organization & Advocacy Report
Northwestern University came in at #20 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Community Organization Major ranking. Northwestern University is a large school located in Evanston, Illinois that handed out 71 bachelors’s community organization degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 99%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. 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.
Full Northwestern Community Organization & Advocacy Report
University of California - Santa Cruz did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Community Organization Major ranking, coming in at #21. University of California - Santa Cruz is located in Santa Cruz, California and, has a fairly large student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 30 bachelors’s community organization degrees to qualified students.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 89%. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Full UC Santa Cruz Community Organization & Advocacy Report
University of Alaska Fairbanks ranked #22 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Community Organization Major list. UAF is located in Fairbanks, Alaska and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 3 bachelors’s community organization degrees to qualified students.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Full UAF Community Organization & Advocacy Report
With a ranking of #23, Anna Maria College did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Community Organization Major list. Paxton, Massachusetts is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s community organization degrees to 5 students in 2021-2022.
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 Anna Maria College Community Organization & Advocacy Report
Portland State University came in at #24 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Community Organization Major ranking. This large school is located in Portland, Oregon, and it awarded 25 bachelors’s community organization degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Community Organization & Advocacy at Portland State University
Miami University - Middletown did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Community Organization Major ranking, coming in at #25. Middletown, Ohio is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s community organization degrees to 0 students in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.8% 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%.
Read more about Community Organization & Advocacy at Miami University - Middletown
