2023 Most Popular Colleges for American/U.S. Law/Legal Studies/Jurisprudence in the Southwest Region

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American/U.S. Law/Legal Studies/Jurisprudence is the 508th most popular major in the country with 749 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

Across the Southwest region, there were 56 American/U.S. law/legal studies/jurisprudence graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Most Well Attended American/U.S. Law/Legal Studies/Jurisprudence Major in the Southwest Region” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree in American/U.S. law/legal studies/jurisprudence. To top this list, a school must have a successful American/U.S. law/legal studies/jurisprudence program that graduates more students in the field than other colleges that offer the same major.

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Most Well Attended American/U.S. Law/Legal Studies/Jurisprudence Major in the Southwest Region

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

Top 3 Most Popular Colleges for American/U.S. Law/Legal Studies/Jurisprudence in the Southwest Region

1

St. Mary's University
San Antonio, Texas

$41,001 Average Early-Career Earnings

$25,513 Average Student Debt

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend St. Mary’s University. The school came in at #1 for the Most Well Attended American/U.S. Law/Legal Studies/Jurisprudence Major in the Southwest Region. St. Mary’s University is a small school located in San Antonio, Texas that handed out 39 ’s American/U.S. law/legal studies/jurisprudence degrees in 2020-2021.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 5.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on American/U.S. Law/Legal Studies/Jurisprudence at St. Mary’s

2

Baylor University
Waco, Texas

#17 overall quality in Southwest

$42,980 Average Early-Career Earnings

$23,828 Average Student Debt

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Baylor University. The school came in at #2 for the Most Well Attended American/U.S. Law/Legal Studies/Jurisprudence Major in the Southwest Region. Baylor is a large private not-for-profit school situated in Waco, Texas. It awarded 15 ’s American/U.S. law/legal studies/jurisprudence degrees in 2020-2021.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 91%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.

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

3

Southern Methodist University
Dallas, Texas

#10 overall quality in Southwest

$62,901 Average Early-Career Earnings

$21,548 Average Student Debt

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Southern Methodist University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Well Attended American/U.S. Law/Legal Studies/Jurisprudence Major in the Southwest Region list. SMU is a fairly large school located in Dallas, Texas that handed out 2 ’s American/U.S. law/legal studies/jurisprudence degrees in 2020-2021.

With a freshman retention rate of 90%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.1% 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%.

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

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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.