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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Non-Professional General Legal Studies in the Far Western US Region

7 Ranked Colleges
561 Degrees Awarded
$17,500 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Non-Professional General Legal Studies Schools for a Bachelor's in the Far Western US Region

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Non-Professional General Legal Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region” ranking - to help you make that 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 Far Western US region, there were 827 non-professional general legal studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,800 and $22,292 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 561 non-professional general legal studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,083 and $22,209 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Non-Professional General Legal Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region” ranking, we looked at 7 colleges that offer a degree in non-professional general legal studies. 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.

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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 Far Western US Region.

#1

Brandman University

Irvine, California

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Brandman University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Non-Professional General Legal Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region list. Brandman is a private not-for-profit institution located in Irvine, California. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 13 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Brandman did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Non-Professional General Legal Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Brandman is $21,604 for Far Western US Region Bachelor’s Degree Non-Professional General Legal Studies students.

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#2

National University

La Jolla, California

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend National University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Non-Professional General Legal Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region. La Jolla, California 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 10 students in 2019-2020.

National University also took the #5 spot in our “Best Non-Professional General Legal Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” ranking.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 4.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

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Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Non-Professional General Legal Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Washington - Seattle Campus landed the #3 spot on the list. UW Seattle is located in Seattle, Washington and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 121 bachelors’s non-professional general legal studies degrees to qualified students.

UW Seattle not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Non-Professional General Legal Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” list. It costs about $13,297 for Far Western US Region Bachelor’s Degree Non-Professional General Legal Studies students per year to attend UW Seattle.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 93%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of California - Berkeley. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Non-Professional General Legal Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region. UC Berkeley is located in Berkeley, California and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 184 bachelors’s non-professional general legal studies degrees to qualified students.

UC Berkeley also took the #2 spot in our “Best Non-Professional General Legal Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend UC Berkeley is $15,329 for far western us region bachelor’s degree non-professional general legal studies students.

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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 96%.

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#5

University of California - Santa Cruz

Santa Cruz, California

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of California - Santa Cruz. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Non-Professional General Legal Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region. UC Santa Cruz is located in Santa Cruz, California and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 155 bachelors’s non-professional general legal studies degrees to qualified students.

UC Santa Cruz not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best Non-Professional General Legal Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” list. The yearly cost to attend UC Santa Cruz is $18,186 for far western us region bachelor’s degree non-professional general legal studies students.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The student loan default rate at the school is 2.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

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#5

University of La Verne

La Verne, California

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Non-Professional General Legal Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of La Verne landed the #5 spot on the list. La Verne, California 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 19 students in 2019-2020.

ULV did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #6 on our “Best Non-Professional General Legal Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for ULV is $25,780 for Far Western US Region Bachelor’s Degree Non-Professional General Legal Studies students.

The low student loan default rate of 3.2% 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%.

Full ULV Non-Professional General Legal Studies Report

University of Washington - Tacoma Campus did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Non-Professional General Legal Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region ranking, coming in at #7. University of Washington - Tacoma Campus is located in Tacoma, Washington and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 35 bachelors’s non-professional general legal studies degrees to qualified students.

UW Tacoma also took the #7 spot in our “Best Non-Professional General Legal Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for UW Tacoma is $10,817 for Far Western US Region Bachelor’s Degree Non-Professional General Legal Studies students.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Non-Professional General Legal Studies at UW Tacoma

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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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