2022 Best Value Non-Professional General Legal Studies Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Making $48-$75k

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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 Illinois For Those Making $48-$75k” 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 Illinois, there were 47 non-professional general legal studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 10 non-professional general legal studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $57,267 and $46,814 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Non-Professional General Legal Studies Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Making $48-$75k” 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.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the non-professional general legal studies program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Non-Professional General Legal Studies Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Making $48-$75k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Non-Professional General Legal Studies Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Making $48-$75k.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Non-Professional General Legal Studies (Income $48-$75k) in Illinois

#1

Northwestern University

Evanston, Illinois

$56,567 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Northwestern University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Non-Professional General Legal Studies Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Making $48-$75k list. Northwestern is located in Evanston, Illinois and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 1 masters’s non-professional general legal studies degrees to qualified students.

Northwestern also took the #0 spot in our “Best Non-Professional General Legal Studies Master’s Degree Schools in Illinois” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Northwestern are $56,567.

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#2

University of Illinois at Springfield

Springfield, Illinois

#1 in overall quality

$16,757 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Illinois at Springfield. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Non-Professional General Legal Studies Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Making $48-$75k. Located in Springfield, Illinois, this small public school awarded 9 degrees to qualified masters’s non-professional general legal studies students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UIS, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Non-Professional General Legal Studies Master’s Degree Schools in Illinois” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UIS are $16,757, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Non-Professional General Legal Studies (Income $48-$75k) in the Great Lakes Region
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Non-Professional General Legal Studies (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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