2022 Best Vallue Legal Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making Over $110k

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Vallue Legal Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making Over $110k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Legal Studies is the 225th most popular major in the country with 3,546 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Plains States region, there were 166 legal studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 15 legal studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,438 and $39,783 respectively.

This year’s “Best Vallue Legal Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making Over $110k” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in legal studies. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great legal studies programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the legal studies program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Vallue Legal Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making Over $110k” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Vallue Legal Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making Over $110k

The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region master’s degree legal studies students whose families make more than $110k.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Legal Studies (Income Over $110k) in the Plains States Region

#1

Webster University

Saint Louis, Missouri

#1 in overall quality

$13,500 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Webster University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Vallue Legal Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making Over $110k. This medium-sized school is located in Saint Louis, Missouri, and it awarded 13 masters’s legal studies degrees in 2019-2020.

Webster also made our “Best Legal Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at Webster University are $13,500, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Legal Studies at Webster University

#2

Drake University

Des Moines, Iowa

$11,932 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Drake University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Vallue Legal Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making Over $110k. Des Moines, Iowa is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s legal studies degrees to 2 students in 2019-2020.

Drake also made our “Best Legal Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list, coming in at #0. Average graduate tuition and fees at Drake are $11,932, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Legal Studies at Drake University

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Legal Studies (Income Over $110k)

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%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

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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