2025 Best Child Advocacy & Policy Schools

When it comes to popularity, child advocacy & policy sits in the middle of the road, ranking #649 out of 1506 majors in the country. So, it might take a little more work to find colleges and universities that offer the degree program.

College Factual looked at 2 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Child Advocacy & Policy Schools ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 409 degrees in child advocacy & policy to qualified students.

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Pick Your Child Advocacy & Policy Degree Level

Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Child Advocacy & Policy Schools ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision. 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 Child Advocacy & Policy in the United States

The schools below may not offer all types of child advocacy degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.

Top Schools in Child Advocacy

1

Rhode Island College
Providence, RI

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

3.4% Growth in Graduates

Rhode Island College is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a degree in child advocacy & policy. Located in the large suburb of Providence, RIC is a public college with a medium-sized student population.More information about a degree in child advocacy & policy from Rhode Island College

2

Texas Christian University
Fort Worth, TX

Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type

Texas Christian University is a great choice for students pursuing a degree in child advocacy & policy. Located in the large city of Fort Worth, TCU is a private not-for-profit university with a large student population.More information about a degree in child advocacy & policy from Texas Christian University

Child Advocacy & Policy by Region

View the Best Child Advocacy & Policy Schools for a specific region near you.

Region
Southeast
New England
Rocky Mountains
Plains States
Middle Atlantic
Far Western US
Southwest
Other U.S. Territories
Great Lakes

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Rankings in Majors Related to Child Advocacy

Child Advocacy & Policy is one of 3 different types of Social Work programs to choose from.

Most Popular Majors Related to Child Advocacy

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Social Work	58,037
Other Social Work	470
Forensic Social Work	7

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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).
• Credit for the banner image above goes to Army Medicine.

More about our data sources and methodologies.