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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Non-Professional General Legal Studies (Income $48-$75k) in the Plains States Region

6 Ranked Colleges
152 Degrees Awarded
$32,209 Avg Salary
Best Value Non-Professional General Legal Studies Schools for a Bachelor's in the Plains States Region For Those Making $48-$75k

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Non-Professional General Legal Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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 the Plains States region, there were 175 non-professional general legal studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,926 and $43,266 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 152 non-professional general legal studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,786 and $25,576 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Non-Professional General Legal Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking looked at 6 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in non-professional general legal studies. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great non-professional general legal studies programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the non-professional general legal studies program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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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 the Plains States Region For Those Making $48-$75k.

#1

Bellevue University

Bellevue, Nebraska

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Bellevue University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Non-Professional General Legal Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $48-$75k list. Bellevue, Nebraska is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s non-professional general legal studies degrees to 31 students in 2019-2020.

Bellevue University did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Non-Professional General Legal Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. It costs about $16,615 for plains states region bachelor’s degree non-professional general legal studies students whose families make $48-$75k per year to attend Bellevue University.

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#2

Hamline University

Saint Paul, Minnesota

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Hamline University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Non-Professional General Legal Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $48-$75k. 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 also took the #2 spot in our “Best Non-Professional General Legal Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Hamline is $18,963 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree Non-Professional General Legal Studies students whose families make $48-$75k.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 3.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

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#3

University of Kansas

Lawrence, Kansas
#5 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Kansas. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Non-Professional General Legal Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $48-$75k list. KU is a large public school situated in Lawrence, Kansas. It awarded 12 bachelors’s non-professional general legal studies degrees in 2019-2020.

KU also made our “Best Non-Professional General Legal Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list, coming in at #5. The estimated yearly cost for University of Kansas is $17,132 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree Non-Professional General Legal Studies students whose families make $48-$75k.

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

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#4

Webster University

Saint Louis, Missouri

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Webster University. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Non-Professional General Legal Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $48-$75k list. Located in Saint Louis, Missouri, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school handed out 13 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s non-professional general legal studies students in 2019-2020.

Webster did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Non-Professional General Legal Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Webster University is $21,689 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree Non-Professional General Legal Studies students whose families make $48-$75k.

The low student loan default rate of 4.9% 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%.

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#5

Drake University

Des Moines, Iowa
#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Drake University. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Non-Professional General Legal Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $48-$75k list. Located in Des Moines, Iowa, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 31 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s non-professional general legal studies students in 2019-2020.

Drake not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Non-Professional General Legal Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Drake University is $26,589 for plains states region bachelor’s degree non-professional general legal studies students whose families make $48-$75k.

The student loan default rate at the school is 2.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%. The student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.

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#6

Creighton University

Omaha, Nebraska
#6 in overall quality

Creighton University ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Non-Professional General Legal Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $48-$75k list. Creighton is located in Omaha, Nebraska and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 1 bachelors’s non-professional general legal studies degrees to qualified students.

Creighton also took the #6 spot in our “Best Non-Professional General Legal Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Creighton University is $28,383 for plains states region bachelor’s degree non-professional general legal studies students whose families make $48-$75k.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 92%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 1.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

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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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