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2022 Best Value Legal Studies Schools in Iowa For Those Making $30-$48k

1 Ranked Colleges
33 Degrees Awarded
$24,100 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Legal Studies Schools in Iowa For Those Making $30-$48k

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Value Legal Studies Schools in Iowa For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking.

In 2019-2020, 3,546 people earned their degree in legal studies, making the major the 225th most popular in the United States.

Across Iowa, there were 33 legal studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality legal studies programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the legal studies program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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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 “Best Value Legal Studies Schools in Iowa For Those Making $30-$48k” list to help you make the college decision.

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The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Legal Studies Schools in Iowa For Those Making $30-$48k.

#1

Drake University

Des Moines, Iowa
#1 in overall quality
$24,060 Average Net Price
$47,824 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Legal Studies Schools in Iowa For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Drake University landed the #1 spot on the list. Des Moines, Iowa is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out ’s legal studies degrees to 33 students in 2019-2020.

Drake also made our “Best Legal Studies Schools in Iowa” list, coming in at #1. The yearly cost to attend Drake is $24,060 for Iowa Legal Studies students whose families make $30-$48k.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%. The low 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%. With a student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.

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Notes and References

References

  • 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 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).
  • Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

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Footnotes

  • *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
  • Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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