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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Non-Professional General Legal Studies (Income $75-$110k) in the Great Lakes Region

7 Ranked Colleges
283 Degrees Awarded
$19,600 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Non-Professional General Legal Studies Schools for a Bachelor's in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $75-$110k

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Non-Professional General Legal Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $75-$110k” 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 Great Lakes region, there were 415 non-professional general legal studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,520 and $37,239 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 283 non-professional general legal studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,075 and $25,381 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Non-Professional General Legal Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking, we looked at 7 colleges that offer a degree 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.

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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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The colleges and universities below are the best for great lakes region bachelor’s degree non-professional general legal studies students whose families make $75-$110k.

#1

Northwestern University

Evanston, Illinois

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Northwestern University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Non-Professional General Legal Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $75-$110k list. This large school is located in Evanston, Illinois, and it awarded 20 bachelors’s non-professional general legal studies degrees in 2019-2020.

Northwestern 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 Great Lakes Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Northwestern is $16,784 for Great Lakes Region Bachelor’s Degree Non-Professional General Legal Studies students whose families make $75-$110k.

The impressive student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. With a freshman retention rate of 97%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The student loan default rate at the school is 0.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Wisconsin - Madison. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Non-Professional General Legal Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $75-$110k. University of Wisconsin - Madison is a public institution located in Madison, Wisconsin. The school has a large population, and it awarded 97 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

UW - Madison did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Non-Professional General Legal Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for University of Wisconsin - Madison is $21,860 for great lakes region bachelor’s degree non-professional general legal studies students whose families make $75-$110k.

The low student loan default rate of 0.8% 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 freshman retention rate of 95%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

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#6 in overall quality

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Non-Professional General Legal Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Illinois at Springfield landed the #3 spot on the list. UIS is located in Springfield, Illinois and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 7 bachelors’s non-professional general legal studies degrees to qualified students.

UIS also took the #6 spot in our “Best Non-Professional General Legal Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. It costs about $17,342 for Great Lakes Region Bachelor’s Degree Non-Professional General Legal Studies students whose families make $75-$110k per year to attend UIS.

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#4

Oakland University

Rochester Hills, Michigan

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Oakland University. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Non-Professional General Legal Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $75-$110k list. Oakland is a fairly large public school situated in Rochester Hills, Michigan. It awarded 3 bachelors’s non-professional general legal studies degrees in 2019-2020.

Oakland did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our “Best Non-Professional General Legal Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. It costs about $15,424 for great lakes region bachelor’s degree non-professional general legal studies students whose families make $75-$110k per year to attend Oakland.

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#5

Ball State University

Muncie, Indiana
#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Ball State University. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Non-Professional General Legal Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $75-$110k list. Ball State University is located in Muncie, Indiana and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 6 bachelors’s non-professional general legal studies degrees to qualified students.

Ball State also took the #4 spot in our “Best Non-Professional General Legal Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. It costs about $19,446 for Great Lakes Region Bachelor’s Degree Non-Professional General Legal Studies students whose families make $75-$110k per year to attend Ball State University.

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#6

Michigan State University

East Lansing, Michigan

Michigan State University did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Non-Professional General Legal Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $75-$110k ranking, coming in at #6. Michigan State is a large school located in East Lansing, Michigan that handed out 84 bachelors’s non-professional general legal studies degrees in 2019-2020.

Michigan State also made our “Best Non-Professional General Legal Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list, coming in at #3. The yearly cost to attend Michigan State is $25,389 for Great Lakes Region Bachelor’s Degree Non-Professional General Legal Studies students whose families make $75-$110k.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 91%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The student loan default rate at the school is 3.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

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#7

Indiana Institute of Technology

Fort Wayne, Indiana
#8 in overall quality

Indiana Institute of Technology ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Non-Professional General Legal Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $75-$110k list. This small school is located in Fort Wayne, Indiana, and it awarded 1 bachelors’s non-professional general legal studies degrees in 2019-2020.

Indiana Tech did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #8 on our “Best Non-Professional General Legal Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Indiana Institute of Technology is $20,786 for Great Lakes Region Bachelor’s Degree Non-Professional General Legal Studies students whose families make $75-$110k.

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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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