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2022 Best Value Legal Professions Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Getting Aid

8 Ranked Colleges
598 Degrees Awarded
$16,600 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Legal Professions Schools for a Bachelor's in the Far Western US 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 Legal Professions Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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 Far Western US region, there were 10,452 legal professions graduates with average earnings and debt of $50,653 and $87,352 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 598 legal professions graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,083 and $22,209 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Legal Professions Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking analyzed 8 colleges that offered a degree in legal professions. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality legal professions programs that also have a lower cost than 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 Far Western US Region For Those Getting Aid.

#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Washington - Seattle Campus. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Legal Professions Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Getting Aid list. University of Washington - Seattle Campus is a large school located in Seattle, Washington that handed out 121 bachelors’s legal professions degrees in 2019-2020.

UW Seattle did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Legal Professions Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” list. The yearly cost to attend UW Seattle is $13,297 for far western us region bachelor’s degree legal professions students with aid.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 93%, 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 2.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Legal Professions at UW Seattle

#2 in overall quality

Out of the 8 schools in the Best Value Legal Professions Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, University of California - Berkeley landed the #2 spot on the list. Berkeley, California is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s legal professions degrees to 184 students in 2019-2020.

UC Berkeley also made our “Best Legal Professions Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” list, coming in at #2. It costs about $15,329 for far western us region bachelor’s degree legal professions students with aid per year to attend UC Berkeley.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 96%, 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 1.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Legal Professions at UC Berkeley

#3

University of California - Santa Cruz

Santa Cruz, California
#5 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of California - Santa Cruz. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Legal Professions Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Getting Aid list. UC Santa Cruz is a fairly large school located in Santa Cruz, California that handed out 155 bachelors’s legal professions degrees in 2019-2020.

UC Santa Cruz also took the #5 spot in our “Best Legal Professions Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” ranking. It costs about $18,186 for far western us region bachelor’s degree legal professions students with aid per year to attend UC Santa Cruz.

With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The student loan default rate at the school is 2.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full University of California - Santa Cruz Legal Professions Report

#4

Brandman University

Irvine, California
#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Brandman University. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Legal Professions Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Getting Aid. Brandman is a private not-for-profit institution located in Irvine, California. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 24 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Brandman also made our “Best Legal Professions Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” list, coming in at #1. The yearly cost to attend Brandman University is $21,604 for far western us region bachelor’s degree legal professions students with aid.

Full Brandman Legal Professions Report

#8 in overall quality

Out of the 8 schools in the Best Value Legal Professions Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Humphreys University - Stockton and Modesto Campuses landed the #5 spot on the list. Located in Stockton, California, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 14 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s legal professions students in 2019-2020.

Humphreys University not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #8 on our “Best Legal Professions Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Humphreys University - Stockton and Modesto Campuses is $11,055 for Far Western US Region Bachelor’s Degree Legal Professions students with aid.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 100%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read full report on Legal Professions at Humphreys University

#6

National University

La Jolla, California
#6 in overall quality

National University ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Legal Professions Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Getting Aid list. This fairly large school is located in La Jolla, California, and it awarded 12 bachelors’s legal professions degrees in 2019-2020.

National University also made our “Best Legal Professions Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” list, coming in at #6.

The student loan default rate at the school is 4.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Legal Professions at National University

#9 in overall quality

University of Washington - Tacoma Campus came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Legal Professions Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Getting Aid ranking. UW Tacoma is a public institution located in Tacoma, Washington. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 35 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

UW Tacoma also took the #9 spot in our “Best Legal Professions Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” ranking. It costs about $10,817 for Far Western US Region Bachelor’s Degree Legal Professions students with aid per year to attend UW Tacoma.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Legal Professions at UW Tacoma

#8

University of La Verne

La Verne, California
#7 in overall quality

University of La Verne did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Legal Professions Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Getting Aid ranking, coming in at #8. Located in La Verne, California, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school awarded 20 degrees to qualified bachelors’s legal professions students in 2019-2020.

ULV did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #7 on our “Best Legal Professions Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for ULV is $25,780 for far western us region bachelor’s degree legal professions students with aid.

The low student loan default rate of 3.2% 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 University of La Verne Legal Professions 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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