2022 Best Value Legal Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k

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 Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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

Across the Plains States region, there were 166 legal studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 15 legal studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,438 and $39,783 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Legal Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in legal studies. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality legal studies 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 studies 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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Best Value Legal Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Legal Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Legal Studies (Income $75-$110k) in the Plains States Region

#1

Webster University

Saint Louis, Missouri

#1 in overall quality

$13,500 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Legal Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Webster University landed the #1 spot on the list. Webster is located in Saint Louis, Missouri and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 13 masters’s legal studies degrees to qualified students.

Webster did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Legal Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Webster are $13,500, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#2

Drake University

Des Moines, Iowa

$11,932 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Drake University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Legal Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k list. Des Moines, Iowa is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s legal studies degrees to 2 students in 2019-2020.

Drake not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #0 on our “Best Legal Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Drake University are $11,932.

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• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Legal Studies (Income $75-$110k)

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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