2022 Best Value Non-Professional General Legal Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Non-Professional General Legal Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Non-Professional General Legal Studies is the 154th most popular major in the country with 4,086 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, non-professional general legal studies graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $35,672 and had an average of $34,776 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Plains States region, there were 175 non-professional general legal studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,926 and $43,266 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 15 non-professional general legal studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,438 and $39,783 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Non-Professional General Legal Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in non-professional general legal studies. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality non-professional general 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 non-professional general 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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The non-professional general legal studies school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Non-Professional General Legal Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k”.

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Best Value Non-Professional General Legal Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region master’s degree non-professional general legal studies students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Non-Professional General Legal Studies (Income $0-$30k) in the Plains States Region

#1

Webster University

Saint Louis, Missouri

#1 in overall quality

$13,500 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$42,682 Average Early-Career Earnings

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 Value Non-Professional General Legal Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k. Webster is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school situated in Saint Louis, Missouri. It awarded 13 masters’s non-professional general legal studies degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Webster, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Non-Professional General Legal Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Webster are $13,500, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Webster University Non-Professional General Legal Studies Report

#2

Drake University

Des Moines, Iowa

$11,932 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Non-Professional General Legal Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Drake University landed the #2 spot on the list. Drake is a private not-for-profit institution located in Des Moines, Iowa. The school has a small population, and it awarded 2 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Drake also took the #0 spot in our “Best Non-Professional General Legal Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Drake University are $11,932, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Non-Professional General Legal Studies at Drake University

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Non-Professional General Legal Studies (Income $0-$30k)

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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