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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Non-Professional General Legal Studies (Income $30-$48k) in the Plains States Region

6 Ranked Colleges
152 Degrees Awarded
$20,000 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Non-Professional General Legal Studies Schools for a Bachelor's in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Value Non-Professional General Legal Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking.

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 bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 152 non-professional general legal studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,786 and $25,576 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Non-Professional General Legal Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking, we looked at 6 colleges that offer a degree in non-professional general legal studies. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent non-professional general legal studies programs, but they also cost less that 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 colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region bachelor’s degree non-professional general legal studies students whose families make $30-$48k.

#1

Hamline University

Saint Paul, Minnesota

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Non-Professional General Legal Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Hamline University landed the #1 spot on the list. Hamline University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Saint Paul, Minnesota. The school has a small population, and it awarded 39 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Hamline also made our “Best Non-Professional General Legal Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list, coming in at #2. The estimated yearly cost for Hamline is $18,298 for plains states region bachelor’s degree non-professional general legal studies students whose families make $30-$48k.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 3.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Non-Professional General Legal Studies at Hamline University

#2

University of Kansas

Lawrence, Kansas
#5 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Kansas. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Non-Professional General Legal Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. KU is located in Lawrence, Kansas and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 12 bachelors’s non-professional general legal studies degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at KU, the school also landed the #5 spot in our “Best Non-Professional General Legal Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend KU is $15,380 for plains states region bachelor’s degree non-professional general legal studies students whose families make $30-$48k.

With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Full KU Non-Professional General Legal Studies Report

#3

Bellevue University

Bellevue, Nebraska

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Bellevue University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Non-Professional General Legal Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k. Bellevue, Nebraska is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s non-professional general legal studies degrees to 31 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Bellevue University, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Non-Professional General Legal Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. It costs about $13,777 for plains states region bachelor’s degree non-professional general legal studies students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend Bellevue University.

Read more about Non-Professional General Legal Studies at Bellevue University

#4

Webster University

Saint Louis, Missouri

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Webster University. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Non-Professional General Legal Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. Located in Saint Louis, Missouri, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school handed out 13 degrees to qualified bachelors’s non-professional general legal studies students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our plains states region bachelor’s degree non-professional general legal studies students whose families make $30-$48k list, Webster has also earned the #4 rank in our “Best Non-Professional General Legal Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Webster University is $20,081 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree Non-Professional General Legal Studies students whose families make $30-$48k.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 4.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Non-Professional General Legal Studies at Webster

#5

Drake University

Des Moines, Iowa
#1 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Non-Professional General Legal Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Drake University landed the #5 spot on the list. Drake is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Des Moines, Iowa. It awarded 31 bachelors’s non-professional general legal studies degrees in 2019-2020.

Drake did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Non-Professional General Legal Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. It costs about $24,060 for plains states region bachelor’s degree non-professional general legal studies students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend Drake.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%.

Full Drake University Non-Professional General Legal Studies Report

#6

Creighton University

Omaha, Nebraska
#6 in overall quality

With a ranking of #6, Creighton University did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Non-Professional General Legal Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. Creighton University is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school situated in Omaha, Nebraska. It awarded 1 bachelors’s non-professional general legal studies degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Creighton, the school also landed the #6 spot in our “Best Non-Professional General Legal Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Creighton University is $28,108 for plains states region bachelor’s degree non-professional general legal studies students whose families make $30-$48k.

With a freshman retention rate of 92%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. 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%.

Read full report on Non-Professional General Legal Studies at Creighton

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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).
  • 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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