2023 Best Legal Studies Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Southwest Region
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Ranked Colleges
270
Degrees Awarded
$32,100
Avg Cost*
With all of the options veterans have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual has developed its “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Legal Studies for a Bachelor’s” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
In 2020-2021, 3,818 people earned their degree in legal studies, making the major the 195th most popular in the United States.
Across the Southwest region, there were 440 legal studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 270 legal studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,112 and $26,227 respectively.
This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Legal Studies for a Bachelor’s” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in legal studies. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great legal studies programs and a strong support system for veterans and active service members.
When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the legal studies program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran satisfaction. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Legal Studies for a Bachelor’s” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Legal Studies for a Bachelor’s
The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region bachelor’s degree vets studying legal studies.
Top 2 Best Legal Studies Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Southwest Region
Out of the 2 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Legal Studies for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Arizona State University - Tempe landed the #1 spot on the list. ASU - Tempe is a large school located in Tempe, Arizona that handed out 106 bachelors’s legal studies degrees in 2020-2021.
ASU - Tempe did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Legal Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list.Among the 74,795 students enrolled at ASU - Tempe, 7,566 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 3,828 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $6,068. On top of their other funding sources, 672 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Full ASU - Tempe Veteran Student Life Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend National Paralegal College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Legal Studies for a Bachelor’s list. National Paralegal College is a small school located in Phoenix, Arizona that handed out 39 bachelors’s legal studies degrees in 2020-2021.
National Paralegal College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Legal Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list.Among the 693 students enrolled at National Paralegal College, 46 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 26 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $4,791. In addition to receiving other benefits, 0 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program.
[Read full report on veteran student life at National Paralegal College]](/colleges/national-paralegal-college/student-life/veterans/)
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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).
- Veteran-specific data can be found at the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs.
- 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
- *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
- **GI Bill® student total includes all chapters of the GI Bill® program (e.g., Post-9/11, Montgomery GI Bill, Reserve Education Assistance Program, and Veteran Readiness and Employment)
- 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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