2023 Best American/U.S. Law/Legal Studies/Jurisprudence Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in California

When it comes to choosing a college, veterans have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 California for American/U.S. Law/Legal Studies/Jurisprudence for a Master’s” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2020-2021, 749 people earned their degree in American/U.S. law/legal studies/jurisprudence, making the major the 508th most popular in the United States.

Across California, there were 113 American/U.S. law/legal studies/jurisprudence graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in California for American/U.S. Law/Legal Studies/Jurisprudence for a Master’s” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree 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 offer a lot of support to veterans and active service members.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the American/U.S. law/legal studies/jurisprudence program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran population. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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The american/u.s. law/legal studies/jurisprudence school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Most Veteran Friendly in California for American/U.S. Law/Legal Studies/Jurisprudence for a Master’s”.

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Most Veteran Friendly in California for American/U.S. Law/Legal Studies/Jurisprudence for a Master’s

The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in California for American/U.S. Law/Legal Studies/Jurisprudence for a Master’s”.

Top 2 Best American/U.S. Law/Legal Studies/Jurisprudence Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in California

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University of California - Irvine
Irvine, California

8 GI Bill® Students**

#1 in overall quality

YES Student Veterans Organization

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of California - Irvine. The school came in at #1 for the Most Veteran Friendly in California for American/U.S. Law/Legal Studies/Jurisprudence for a Master’s. University of California - Irvine is a public institution located in Irvine, California. The school has a large population, and it awarded 22 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.

UC Irvine also made our “Best American/U.S. Law/Legal Studies/Jurisprudence Master’s Degree Schools in California” list, coming in at #1.According to our most recent data, UC Irvine supports 36,303 students, and 8 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 5 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $3,620. To help with additional expenses, 0 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 94%. 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%.

Full UC Irvine Veteran Student Life Report

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University of California - Hastings College of Law
San Francisco, California

38 GI Bill® Students**

#2 in overall quality

YES Student Veterans Organization

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of California - Hastings College of Law. The school came in at #2 for the Most Veteran Friendly in California for American/U.S. Law/Legal Studies/Jurisprudence for a Master’s. San Francisco, California is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s American/U.S. law/legal studies/jurisprudence degrees to 10 students in 2020-2021.

UC Hastings also took the #2 spot in our “Best American/U.S. Law/Legal Studies/Jurisprudence Master’s Degree Schools in California” ranking.Among the 1,026 students enrolled at University of California - Hastings College of Law, 38 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 20 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $29,809. To help with additional expenses, 0 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program.

The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. 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%.

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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).
• Veteran-specific data can be found at the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs.
• 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.
• **GI Bill® student total includes all chapters of the GI Bill® program (e.g., Post-9/11, Montgomery GI Bill, Reserve Education Assistance Program, and Veteran Readiness and Employment)
• 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.