Is a Community Organization and Advocacy degree worth it?
Across 17 schools, graduates of Community Organization and Advocacy earn a median $50,265 five years out on $22,651 of debt. Graduates most commonly work as Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs (modeled from the federal CIP-to-SOC crosswalk). These earnings and debt figures come from the U.S. Dept. of Education.
Median 5-yr pay
$50,265
Median debt
$22,651
Years to pay off
4.2
at 10% of pay
AI task exposure
68%
GPT-4-era overlap
10-yr job growth
+2.3%
BLS 2024–2034
Gender pay gap
31.2%
$66,817 vs $45,949
Net price
$21,397/yr
Debt-test failures
31.2%
of programs
'Real' premium
−$11,232
vs avg, adjusted
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Explore Community Organization and Advocacy in full →Data: U.S. Dept. of Education College Scorecard, BLS OEWS, O*NET, AI-exposure measures (Eloundou/AIOE), Zillow. Earnings reflect federally-aided graduates; see the full story for methodology and limitations.