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

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Non-Professional General Legal Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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 Southwest region, there were 539 non-professional general legal studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $34,333 and $23,797 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 81 non-professional general legal studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,078 and $37,227 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Non-Professional General Legal Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree in non-professional general legal studies. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great non-professional general legal studies programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the non-professional general legal studies program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Non-Professional General Legal Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region master’s degree non-professional general legal studies students whose families make $30-$48k.

Top 3 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Non-Professional General Legal Studies (Income $30-$48k) in the Southwest Region

#1

University of Arizona

Tucson, Arizona

#1 in overall quality

$33,399 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Arizona. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Non-Professional General Legal Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k. University of Arizona is a public institution located in Tucson, Arizona. The school has a large population, and it awarded 41 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

University of Arizona also made our “Best Non-Professional General Legal Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Arizona are $33,399, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Non-Professional General Legal Studies at University of Arizona

#2

Arizona State University - Tempe

Tempe, Arizona

$27,048 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$44,384 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Arizona State University - Tempe. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Non-Professional General Legal Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. Arizona State University - Tempe is a large school located in Tempe, Arizona that handed out 7 masters’s non-professional general legal studies degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at ASU - Tempe, the school also landed the #0 spot in our “Best Non-Professional General Legal Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Arizona State University - Tempe are $27,048, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#3

Texas State University

San Marcos, Texas

#2 in overall quality

$17,040 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Non-Professional General Legal Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas State University landed the #3 spot on the list. San Marcos, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s non-professional general legal studies degrees to 33 students in 2019-2020.

Texas State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Non-Professional General Legal Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Texas State are $17,040, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Non-Professional General Legal Studies at Texas State

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Non-Professional General Legal Studies (Income $30-$48k)

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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