2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Legal Studies Major in the Far Western US Region

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 “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Legal Studies Major in the Far Western US Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Legal Studies is the 195th most popular major in the country with 3,818 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

Across the Far Western US region, there were 825 legal studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 31 legal studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $61,693 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Legal Studies Major in the Far Western US Region” ranking analyzed 3 colleges that offered a degree in legal studies. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their legal studies program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.

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Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Legal Studies Major in the Far Western US Region

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Legal Studies Major in the Far Western US Region”.

Top 3 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Legal Studies in the Far Western US Region

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The Santa Barbara and Ventura Colleges of Law at Ventura
Ventura, California

Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Legal Studies Major in the Far Western US Region that were part of this year’s ranking, The Santa Barbara and Ventura Colleges of Law at Ventura landed the #1 spot on the list. This small school is located in Ventura, California, and it awarded 14 masters’s legal studies degrees in 2020-2021.

Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full Ventura College of Law Legal Studies Report

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Humphreys University - Stockton and Modesto Campuses
Stockton, California

Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Legal Studies Major in the Far Western US Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Humphreys University - Stockton and Modesto Campuses landed the #2 spot on the list. Humphreys University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Stockton, California. The school has a small population, and it awarded 12 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 100%. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Legal Studies at Humphreys University - Stockton and Modesto Campuses

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Loyola Marymount University
Los Angeles, California

Top 10% overall quality in Far Western US

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Loyola Marymount University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Legal Studies Major in the Far Western US Region list. Loyola Marymount University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Los Angeles, California. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 5 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.8% 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%. With a undergrad 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 Loyola Marymount University

• Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Legal Studies

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

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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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