by our College Data Analytics Team
When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual has developed its “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Legal Studies Major in the Plains States Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
In 2021-2022, 3,976 people earned their degree in legal studies, making the major the 195th most popular in the United States.
Across the Plains States region, there were 188 legal studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 17 legal studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,858 and $37,352 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Legal Studies Major in the Plains States Region” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in legal studies. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in legal studies.
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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Legal Studies Major in the Plains States Region” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Legal Studies Major in the Plains States Region”.
Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Legal Studies Major in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Webster University landed the #1 spot on the list. This medium-sized school is located in Saint Louis, Missouri, and it awarded 13 masters’s legal studies degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Legal Studies Major in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Drake University landed the #2 spot on the list. This small school is located in Des Moines, Iowa, and it awarded 4 masters’s legal studies degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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