2022 Best Value Non-Professional General Legal Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k

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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 $75-$110k” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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.

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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Non-Professional General Legal Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k

The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region master’s degree non-professional general legal studies students whose families make $75-$110k.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Non-Professional General Legal Studies (Income $75-$110k) 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 be in good company if you decide to attend Webster University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Non-Professional General Legal Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k list. 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.

Webster not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Non-Professional General Legal Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Webster are $13,500, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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

#2

Drake University

Des Moines, Iowa

$11,932 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Drake University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Non-Professional General Legal Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k. Drake University 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 made our “Best Non-Professional General Legal Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list, coming in at #0. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Drake are $11,932.

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• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Non-Professional General Legal Studies (Income $75-$110k)

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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