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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Legal Studies in the Plains States Region

5 Ranked Colleges
145 Degrees Awarded
$21,500 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Legal Studies Schools for a Bachelor's in the Plains States Region

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 a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2019-2020, 3,546 people earned their degree in legal studies, making the major the 225th most popular in the United States.

Across the Plains States region, there were 166 legal studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 145 legal studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,786 and $25,576 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Legal Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region” ranking, we looked at 5 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.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the legal studies program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

One Size Does Not Fit All

The legal studies school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Legal Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region”.

To further help you make the college decision, we’ve developed a unique tool called College Combat that allows you to compare schools based on the factors that matter the most to you. Go ahead and give it a try, or bookmark the link so you can check it out later.

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Legal Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region.

#1

Bellevue University

Bellevue, Nebraska
#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Bellevue University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Legal Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region list. Bellevue University is a fairly large school located in Bellevue, Nebraska that handed out 31 bachelors’s legal studies degrees in 2019-2020.

Bellevue University also took the #3 spot in our “Best Legal Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Bellevue University is $15,616 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree Legal Studies students.

Full Bellevue University Legal Studies Report

#2

University of Kansas

Lawrence, Kansas
#5 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Kansas. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Legal Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region. University of Kansas is a large school located in Lawrence, Kansas that handed out 12 bachelors’s legal studies degrees in 2019-2020.

KU also took the #5 spot in our “Best Legal Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend University of Kansas is $18,918 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree Legal Studies students.

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

Full KU Legal Studies Report

#3

Webster University

Saint Louis, Missouri
#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Webster University. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Legal Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region list. Webster is a medium-sized school located in Saint Louis, Missouri that handed out 13 bachelors’s legal studies degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Webster, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best Legal Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Webster University is $22,768 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree Legal Studies students.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 4.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full Webster University Legal Studies Report

#4

Drake University

Des Moines, Iowa
#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Drake University. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Legal Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region. Located in Des Moines, Iowa, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 31 degrees to qualified bachelors’s legal studies students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our plains states region bachelor’s degree legal studies students list, Drake has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Legal Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. It costs about $29,432 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree Legal Studies students per year to attend Drake.

The low student loan default rate of 2.2% 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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. With a student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.

Read more about Legal Studies at Drake University

#5

Hamline University

Saint Paul, Minnesota
#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Hamline University. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Legal Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region list. Hamline University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Saint Paul, Minnesota. The school has a small population, and it awarded 39 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Hamline not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Legal Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. It costs about $20,866 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree Legal Studies students per year to attend Hamline University.

The low student loan default rate of 3.3% 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%.

Read full report on Legal Studies at Hamline University

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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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