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2022 Best Value Legal Studies Schools for an Associate For Those Making $30-$48k

6 Ranked Colleges
140 Degrees Awarded
$11,200 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Legal Studies Schools for an Associate For Those Making $30-$48k

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Legal Studies Schools for an Associate For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Legal Studies is the 225th most popular major in the country with 3,546 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

At the associate degree level specifically, there were 140 legal studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,082 and $17,678 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Legal Studies Schools for an Associate For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking, we looked at 6 colleges that offer a degree in legal studies. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great legal studies programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the legal studies program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Best Value Legal Studies Schools for an Associate For Those Making $30-$48k” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Legal Studies Schools for an Associate For Those Making $30-$48k.

#1

Ivy Tech Community College

Indianapolis, Indiana
#1 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Legal Studies Schools for an Associate For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Ivy Tech Community College landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Indianapolis, Indiana, this large public school handed out 38 degrees to qualified associates’s legal studies students in 2019-2020.

Ivy Tech Community College also took the #1 spot in our “Best Legal Studies Associate Degree Schools” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Ivy Tech Community College is $6,170 for Associate Degree Legal Studies students whose families make $30-$48k.

Read more about Legal Studies at Ivy Tech Community College

#2

Holmes Community College

Goodman, Mississippi
#5 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Legal Studies Schools for an Associate For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Holmes Community College landed the #2 spot on the list. Goodman, Mississippi is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s legal studies degrees to 10 students in 2019-2020.

Holmes Community College also took the #5 spot in our “Best Legal Studies Associate Degree Schools” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Holmes Community College is $4,122 for associate degree legal studies students whose families make $30-$48k.

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#3

West Los Angeles College

Culver City, California
#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend West Los Angeles College. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Legal Studies Schools for an Associate For Those Making $30-$48k list. This fairly large school is located in Culver City, California, and it awarded 2 associates’s legal studies degrees in 2019-2020.

West LA College not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Legal Studies Associate Degree Schools” list. The yearly cost to attend West Los Angeles College is $7,385 for associate degree legal studies students whose families make $30-$48k.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

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#4

Tulane University of Louisiana

New Orleans, Louisiana
#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Tulane University of Louisiana. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Legal Studies Schools for an Associate For Those Making $30-$48k list. Tulane University of Louisiana is a fairly large school located in New Orleans, Louisiana that handed out 2 associates’s legal studies degrees in 2019-2020.

Tulane did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Legal Studies Associate Degree Schools” list. It costs about $24,632 for associate degree legal studies students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend Tulane.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 92%. The impressive student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.

Read more about Legal Studies at Tulane

#5

Post University

Waterbury, Connecticut
#4 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Legal Studies Schools for an Associate For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Post University landed the #5 spot on the list. Post University is a fairly large school located in Waterbury, Connecticut that handed out 28 associates’s legal studies degrees in 2019-2020.

Post University also made our “Best Legal Studies Associate Degree Schools” list, coming in at #4. The yearly cost to attend Post University is $16,336 for associate degree legal studies students whose families make $30-$48k.

Full Post University Legal Studies Report

#6 in overall quality

Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Legal Studies Schools for an Associate For Those Making $30-$48k ranking. This medium-sized school is located in Perkinston, Mississippi, and it awarded 3 associates’s legal studies degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College, the school also landed the #6 spot in our “Best Legal Studies Associate Degree Schools” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College is $8,361 for associate degree legal studies students whose families make $30-$48k.

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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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