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About Community Organization and Advocacy

A program that focuses on the theories, principles, and practice of providing services to communities, organizing communities and neighborhoods for social action, serving as community liaisons to public agencies, and using community resources to furnish information, instruction, and assistance to all members of a community. May prepare individuals to apply such knowledge and skills in community service positions.

While Community Organization and Advocacy offers degrees up to the Post masters certificate, most students earn a Bachelors degree. Students study Community Organization and Advocacy all around the US, though the major at the Associates degree level sees the most graduates in New York. The average annual income for an undergraduate degree in Community Organization and Advocacy is $34,000.

Popularity of Community Organization and Advocacy Degrees in the U.S.
This heat map represents the states that have the highest percent of Community Organization and Advocacy degrees compared to all other degrees awarded in that state.
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Careers

Some top careers related to Community Organization and Advocacy, include Community and Social Service Specialists, All Other and Social and Community Service Managers, both of which have lots of job openings. Though there are higher paying positions, such as Social and Community Service Managers. the most available position for Community Organization and Advocacy majors is Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs.

Top Paying Careers

These are the highest paying careers for Community Organization and Advocacy majors.

Most In-Demand Careers

These are the careers in highest demand for Community Organization and Advocacy majors.

Student Demographics

Total Students
336
Female Students
284 (84%)
Male Students
52 (15%)
White (119, 35%)
Black or African American (99, 29%)
Hispanic or Latino (67, 20%)
Asian (15, 4%)
Two or more races (14, 4%)
American Indian or Alaska Native (12, 4%)
U.S. Nonresident (5, 1%)
Race/ethnicity unknown (4, 1%)
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander (1, <1%)

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