2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Pre-Law (Income $48-$75k) in the Plains States Region

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Pre-Law Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Pre-Law is the 633rd most popular major in the country with 540 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Plains States region, there were 9 pre-law graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 7 pre-law graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,786 and $25,576 respectively.

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

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the pre-law program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

One Size Does Not Fit All

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 Pre-Law Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $48-$75k” list to help you make the college decision.

In addition to our rankings, you can take two colleges and compare them based on the criteria that matters most to you in our unique tool, College Combat. If you’re torn between two schools, you can use it to help you see how they stack up against one another. Bookmark it so you can compare any new schools that might interest you.

Best Value Pre-Law Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $48-$75k

The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region bachelor’s degree pre-law students whose families make $48-$75k.

Top 1 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Pre-Law (Income $48-$75k) in the Plains States Region

#1

Creighton University

Omaha, Nebraska

#1 in overall quality

$28,383 Average Net Price

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Pre-Law Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, Creighton University landed the #1 spot on the list. Creighton University is a medium-sized school located in Omaha, Nebraska that handed out 1 bachelors’s pre-law degrees in 2019-2020.

Creighton not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Pre-Law Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Creighton is $28,383 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree Pre-Law students whose families make $48-$75k.

The low student loan default rate of 1.7% 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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 92%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read full report on Pre-Law at Creighton

• Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Pre-Law (Income $48-$75k)

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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