2024 Best Value Bachelor's Degree Colleges for Pre-Law in the Great Lakes Region
1College
750,590Bachelor's Degrees
$37,079Avg Cost*
Finding the Best Value Pre-Law School for You
Pre-Law is the #443 most popular major in the country with 5,415,716 bachelor's degrees awarded in 2021-2022. Of those degrees, 750,590 went to students in the Great Lakes region of the United States.
Note that the phrase 'best value' does not mean the absolute lowest-priced. For this ranking, we are identifying those pre-law schools that provide their students with a hiqh quality education at a price that is lower than other colleges and universities of the same caliber.
Average cost figures start with estimating tuition, fees, room and board, books, and other related expenses. We then subtract the average amount of financial aid that a student receives. You can use this as a gauge to estimate how much you may need to pay out of pocket to cover costs when financial aid isn't enough. Keep in mind that the net cost for you may be higher or lower, depending on your income and other factors.
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 Best Value Pre-Law Schools list to help you make the college decision.
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.
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2024 Best Value Pre-Law School in the Great Lakes Region
Check out the pre-law programs at this school if you want to get the best value for your money.
Michigan State University earned the #1 spot in our 2024 rankings. Located in the city of East Lansing, Michigan State is a public college with a fairly large student population. In addition to being on our best value list, Michigan State has also earned the #1 rank in our Best Pre-Law Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking.
The average amount of time it takes for a student to receive their degree at Michigan State is 4.4 years, and on average, the annual cost to attend the school is $37,079. This means that the average student pays around $161,294 to get a bachelor’s degree from Michigan State. When you graduate sooner, you can save a lot of money.
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 the rest 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).
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