by our College Data Analytics Team
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Most Well Attended Legal Professions Major in Nevada” ranking - to help you make that decision.
Legal Professions is the 16th most popular major in the country with 61,055 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, legal professions graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $47,649 and had an average of $28,699 in loans still to pay off.
Across Nevada, there were 297 legal professions graduates with average earnings and debt of $71,820 and $20,000 respectively.
For this year’s “Most Well Attended Legal Professions Major in Nevada” ranking, we looked at 5 colleges that offer a degree in legal professions. To top this list, a school must have a successful legal professions program that graduates more students in the field than other colleges that offer the same major.
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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Most Well Attended Legal Professions Major in Nevada” list to help you make the college decision.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Well Attended Legal Professions Major in Nevada”.
Out of the 5 schools in the Most Well Attended Legal Professions Major in Nevada that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Nevada - Las Vegas landed the #1 spot on the list. UNLV is a large school located in Las Vegas, Nevada that handed out 174 ’s legal professions degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend College of Southern Nevada. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Legal Professions Major in Nevada list. CSN is a large public school situated in Las Vegas, Nevada. It awarded 42 ’s legal professions degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Truckee Meadows Community College. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Legal Professions Major in Nevada list. Truckee Meadows Community College is a medium-sized public school situated in Reno, Nevada. It awarded 20 ’s legal professions degrees in 2020-2021.
Full Truckee Meadows Community College Legal Professions Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Northwest Career College. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Legal Professions Major in Nevada list. Located in Las Vegas, Nevada, this small private for-profit school handed out 48 degrees to qualified ’s legal professions students in 2020-2021.
Out of the 5 schools in the Most Well Attended Legal Professions Major in Nevada that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Nevada - Reno landed the #5 spot on the list. Located in Reno, Nevada, this large public school awarded 13 diplomas to qualified ’s legal professions students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Legal Professions at University of Nevada - Reno
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