2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Other Legal Professions Major in the Plains States Region

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In 2021-2022, 2,371 people earned their degree in legal professions (other), making the major the 200th most popular in the United States. In , legal professions (other) graduates who were awarded their degree in , earned an average of $50,820 and had an average of $51,199 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Plains States region, there were 78 legal professions (other) graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $23,328 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 28 legal professions (other) graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,858 and $37,352 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Other Legal Professions Major in the Plains States Region” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in legal professions (other). That schools that top this list have a program in legal professions (other) in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.

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Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Other Legal Professions Major in the Plains States Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region master’s degree other legal professions students.

Top 2 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Legal Professions (Other) in the Plains States Region

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Drake University
Des Moines, Iowa

Top 20% overall quality in Plains States

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Other Legal Professions Major in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Drake University landed the #1 spot on the list. Drake University is a small school located in Des Moines, Iowa that handed out 25 masters’s other legal professions degrees in 2021-2022.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full Drake University Legal Professions (Other) Report

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University of Nebraska - Lincoln
Lincoln, Nebraska

#14 overall quality in Plains States

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Nebraska - Lincoln. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Other Legal Professions Major in the Plains States Region list. UNL is a large public school situated in Lincoln, Nebraska. It awarded 3 masters’s other legal professions degrees in 2021-2022.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Legal Professions (Other) at University of Nebraska - Lincoln

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.

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