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2022 Best Value Non-Professional General Legal Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in New York For Those Making $30-$48k

5 Ranked Colleges
379 Degrees Awarded
$15,500 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Non-Professional General Legal Studies Schools for a Bachelor's in New York For Those Making $30-$48k

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Non-Professional General Legal Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in New York For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2019-2020, 4,086 people earned their degree in non-professional general legal studies, making the major the 154th most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, non-professional general legal studies graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $35,672 and had an average of $34,776 in loans still to pay off.

Across New York, there were 424 non-professional general legal studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $31,367 and $23,671 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 379 non-professional general legal studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,973 and $22,589 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Non-Professional General Legal Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in New York For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking, we looked at 5 colleges that offer a degree in non-professional general legal studies. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent non-professional general legal studies programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the non-professional general legal studies program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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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 Non-Professional General Legal Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in New York For Those Making $30-$48k” list to help you make the college decision.

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The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Non-Professional General Legal Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in New York For Those Making $30-$48k.

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend John Jay College of Criminal Justice. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Non-Professional General Legal Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in New York For Those Making $30-$48k list. John Jay is located in New York, New York and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 157 bachelors’s non-professional general legal studies degrees to qualified students.

John Jay also made our “Best Non-Professional General Legal Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New York” list, coming in at #1. It costs about $3,108 for New York Bachelor’s Degree Non-Professional General Legal Studies students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend John Jay College of Criminal Justice.

Full John Jay College of Criminal Justice Non-Professional General Legal Studies Report

#2

SUNY Canton

Canton, New York
#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend SUNY Canton. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Non-Professional General Legal Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in New York For Those Making $30-$48k list. SUNY Canton is a small school located in Canton, New York that handed out 1 bachelors’s non-professional general legal studies degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our new york bachelor’s degree non-professional general legal studies students whose families make $30-$48k list, SUNY Canton has also earned the #4 rank in our “Best Non-Professional General Legal Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New York” ranking. It costs about $12,557 for new york bachelor’s degree non-professional general legal studies students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend SUNY Canton.

Full SUNY Canton Non-Professional General Legal Studies Report

#3

Mercy College

Dobbs Ferry, New York

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Non-Professional General Legal Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in New York For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Mercy College landed the #3 spot on the list. Dobbs Ferry, New York is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s non-professional general legal studies degrees to 16 students in 2019-2020.

Mercy not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #5 on our “Best Non-Professional General Legal Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New York” list. The yearly cost to attend Mercy is $13,132 for new york bachelor’s degree non-professional general legal studies students whose families make $30-$48k.

Full Mercy Non-Professional General Legal Studies Report

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend St John’s University - New York. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Non-Professional General Legal Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in New York For Those Making $30-$48k list. STJ is a large private not-for-profit school situated in Queens, New York. It awarded 121 bachelors’s non-professional general legal studies degrees in 2019-2020.

STJ also made our “Best Non-Professional General Legal Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New York” list, coming in at #2. It costs about $25,253 for new york bachelor’s degree non-professional general legal studies students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend St John’s University - New York.

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#5

Ithaca College

Ithaca, New York

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Non-Professional General Legal Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in New York For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Ithaca College landed the #5 spot on the list. Ithaca College is located in Ithaca, New York and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 14 bachelors’s non-professional general legal studies degrees to qualified students.

Ithaca also took the #3 spot in our “Best Non-Professional General Legal Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New York” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Ithaca College is $23,356 for New York Bachelor’s Degree Non-Professional General Legal Studies students whose families make $30-$48k.

With a student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 3.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full Ithaca College Non-Professional General Legal Studies Report

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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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