2022 Best Value Non-Professional General Legal Studies Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k

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 Doctorate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Non-Professional General Legal Studies is the 154th most popular major in the country with 4,086 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. 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 Southwest region, there were 539 non-professional general legal studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $34,333 and $23,797 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 8 non-professional general legal studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $71,970 and $95,025 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality non-professional general legal studies programs that also have a lower cost than 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 non-professional general legal studies program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

One Size Does Not Fit All

The non-professional general 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 Non-Professional General Legal Studies Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k”.

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Best Value Non-Professional General Legal Studies Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Non-Professional General Legal Studies Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k.

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Non-Professional General Legal Studies (Income $48-$75k) in the Southwest Region

#1

Arizona State University - Tempe

Tempe, Arizona

#1 in overall quality

$27,048 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Non-Professional General Legal Studies Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, Arizona State University - Tempe landed the #1 spot on the list. Tempe, Arizona is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s non-professional general legal studies degrees to 8 students in 2019-2020.

ASU - Tempe also took the #1 spot in our “Best Non-Professional General Legal Studies Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at ASU - Tempe are $27,048.

Read full report on Non-Professional General Legal Studies at Arizona State University - Tempe

• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Non-Professional General Legal Studies (Income $48-$75k)

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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