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2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Non-Professional General Legal Studies for a Bachelor’s

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319 Degrees Awarded
$33,327 Avg Salary
Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Non-Professional General Legal Studies for a Bachelor's

With all of the options veterans have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Non-Professional General Legal Studies for a Bachelor’s” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2020-2021, 4,407 people earned their degree in non-professional general legal studies, making the major the 143rd most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, non-professional general legal studies graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $38,632 and had an average of $33,872 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Great Lakes region, there were 479 non-professional general legal studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,369 and $35,376 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 319 non-professional general legal studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,343 and $26,790 respectively.

This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Non-Professional General Legal Studies for a Bachelor’s” ranking looked at 3 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 offer a lot of support to veterans and active service members.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as veteran satisfaction, veteran affordability, 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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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Non-Professional General Legal Studies for a Bachelor’s” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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The colleges and universities below are the best for great lakes region bachelor’s degree vets studying non-professional general legal studies.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Wisconsin - Madison. The school came in at #1 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Non-Professional General Legal Studies for a Bachelor’s. University of Wisconsin - Madison is a large school located in Madison, Wisconsin that handed out 112 bachelors’s non-professional general legal studies degrees in 2020-2021.

UW - Madison did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Non-Professional General Legal Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list.According to our most recent data, University of Wisconsin - Madison supports 44,640 students, and 4 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 0 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $0. On top of their other funding sources, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 95%.

Full UW - Madison Veteran Student Life Report

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Central Michigan University
Mount Pleasant, Michigan

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Central Michigan University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Non-Professional General Legal Studies for a Bachelor’s list. This fairly large school is located in Mount Pleasant, Michigan, and it awarded 18 bachelors’s non-professional general legal studies degrees in 2020-2021.

Central Michigan also took the #3 spot in our “Best Non-Professional General Legal Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking.Among the 17,311 students enrolled at Central Michigan University, 1 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 1 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $425. On top of their other funding sources, 0 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.

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

[Read full report on veteran student life at Central Michigan University]](/colleges/central-michigan-university/student-life/veterans/)

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Northwestern University
Evanston, Illinois

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Northwestern University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Non-Professional General Legal Studies for a Bachelor’s list. Northwestern is a large private not-for-profit school situated in Evanston, Illinois. It awarded 27 bachelors’s non-professional general legal studies degrees in 2020-2021.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Northwestern, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Non-Professional General Legal Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking.Among the 22,603 students enrolled at Northwestern University, 1 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 1 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $399. In addition to receiving other benefits, 0 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program.

With a freshman retention rate of 97%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The low undergrad student loan default rate of [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]% 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%. The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.

[Read full report on veteran student life at Northwestern]](/colleges/northwestern-university/student-life/veterans/)

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