2022 Best Value American/U.S. Law/Legal Studies/Jurisprudence Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value American/U.S. Law/Legal Studies/Jurisprudence Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2019-2020, 865 people earned their degree in American/U.S. law/legal studies/jurisprudence, making the major the 514th most popular in the United States.

Across the Southwest region, there were 63 American/U.S. law/legal studies/jurisprudence graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value American/U.S. Law/Legal Studies/Jurisprudence Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in American/U.S. law/legal studies/jurisprudence. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent American/U.S. law/legal studies/jurisprudence 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 American/U.S. law/legal studies/jurisprudence 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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Best Value American/U.S. Law/Legal Studies/Jurisprudence Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region american/u.s. law/legal studies/jurisprudence students with aid.

Top 2 Best Value Colleges for American/U.S. Law/Legal Studies/Jurisprudence in the Southwest Region (With Aid)

#1

St. Mary's University

San Antonio, Texas

#2 in overall quality

$19,276 Average Net Price

$36,325 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value American/U.S. Law/Legal Studies/Jurisprudence Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, St. Mary’s University landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in San Antonio, Texas, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 41 degrees to qualified ’s American/U.S. law/legal studies/jurisprudence students in 2019-2020.

St. Mary’s also took the #2 spot in our “Best American/U.S. Law/Legal Studies/Jurisprudence Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend St. Mary’s University is $19,276 for southwest region american/u.s. law/legal studies/jurisprudence students with aid.

Full St. Mary’s American/U.S. Law/Legal Studies/Jurisprudence Report

#2

Southern Methodist University

Dallas, Texas

#1 in overall quality

$36,222 Average Net Price

$54,535 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Southern Methodist University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value American/U.S. Law/Legal Studies/Jurisprudence Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid list. SMU is located in Dallas, Texas and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 4 ’s American/U.S. law/legal studies/jurisprudence degrees to qualified students.

SMU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best American/U.S. Law/Legal Studies/Jurisprudence Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for SMU is $36,222 for southwest region american/u.s. law/legal studies/jurisprudence students with aid.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 90%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 4.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full Southern Methodist University American/U.S. Law/Legal Studies/Jurisprudence Report

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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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