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2022 Best Value Legal Professions Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k

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510 Degrees Awarded
$33,067 Avg Salary
Best Value Legal Professions Schools for a Bachelor's in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Legal Professions Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Legal Professions is the 17th most popular major in the country with 61,993 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, legal professions graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $43,199 and had an average of $58,026 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Southwest region, there were 6,013 legal professions graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,228 and $48,861 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 510 legal professions graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,896 and $23,899 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Legal Professions Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking analyzed 8 colleges that offered a degree in legal professions. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent legal professions 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 legal professions program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Legal Professions Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k.

#1 in overall quality

Out of the 8 schools in the Best Value Legal Professions Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Houston - Clear Lake landed the #1 spot on the list. University of Houston - Clear Lake is a medium-sized public school situated in Houston, Texas. It awarded 21 bachelors’s legal professions degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UH Clear Lake, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Legal Professions Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend University of Houston - Clear Lake is $9,886 for southwest region bachelor’s degree legal professions students whose families make $48-$75k.

Full UH Clear Lake Legal Professions Report

#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Arizona State University - Tempe. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Legal Professions Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k. Located in Tempe, Arizona, this large public school awarded 96 degrees to qualified bachelors’s legal professions students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at ASU - Tempe, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Legal Professions Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Arizona State University - Tempe is $14,033 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Legal Professions students whose families make $48-$75k.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

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#3

University of Arizona

Tucson, Arizona
#4 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Arizona. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Legal Professions Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k. University of Arizona is a large school located in Tucson, Arizona that handed out 152 bachelors’s legal professions degrees in 2019-2020.

University of Arizona also took the #4 spot in our “Best Legal Professions Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $15,399 for southwest region bachelor’s degree legal professions students whose families make $48-$75k per year to attend University of Arizona.

With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

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#4

East Central University

Ada, Oklahoma
#7 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend East Central University. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Legal Professions Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k list. Located in Ada, Oklahoma, this small public school awarded 6 degrees to qualified bachelors’s legal professions students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at ECU, the school also landed the #7 spot in our “Best Legal Professions Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend East Central University is $13,316 for southwest region bachelor’s degree legal professions students whose families make $48-$75k.

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#6 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Texas A&M University - Commerce. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Legal Professions Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k. Texas A&M Commerce is a fairly large public school situated in Commerce, Texas. It awarded 10 bachelors’s legal professions degrees in 2019-2020.

Texas A&M Commerce did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #6 on our “Best Legal Professions Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Texas A&M Commerce is $14,033 for southwest region bachelor’s degree legal professions students whose families make $48-$75k.

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#5 in overall quality

Arizona State University - Skysong came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Legal Professions Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k ranking. ASU - Skysong is a large school located in Scottsdale, Arizona that handed out 40 bachelors’s legal professions degrees in 2019-2020.

ASU - Skysong also took the #5 spot in our “Best Legal Professions Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend ASU - Skysong is $15,891 for southwest region bachelor’s degree legal professions students whose families make $48-$75k.

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#6

Texas Wesleyan University

Fort Worth, Texas
#3 in overall quality

Texas Wesleyan University did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Legal Professions Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k ranking, coming in at #6. This small school is located in Fort Worth, Texas, and it awarded 7 bachelors’s legal professions degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Texas Wesleyan, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Legal Professions Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Texas Wesleyan University is $21,871 for southwest region bachelor’s degree legal professions students whose families make $48-$75k.

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#7

National Paralegal College

Phoenix, Arizona
#8 in overall quality

National Paralegal College came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Legal Professions Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k ranking. Phoenix, Arizona is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private for-profit school handed out bachelors’s legal professions degrees to 62 students in 2019-2020.

National Paralegal College also made our “Best Legal Professions Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #8. The yearly cost to attend National Paralegal College is $18,064 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Legal Professions students whose families make $48-$75k.

Read more about Legal Professions at National Paralegal College

#8

Bryan University

Tempe, Arizona
#9 in overall quality

Bryan University landed the #8 spot on the 2022 Best Value Legal Professions Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k ranking. Bryan University is located in Tempe, Arizona and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 15 bachelors’s legal professions degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Bryan University, the school also landed the #9 spot in our “Best Legal Professions Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Bryan University is $17,738 for southwest region bachelor’s degree legal professions students whose families make $48-$75k.

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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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