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2022 Best Value Non-Professional General Legal Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region

8 Ranked Colleges
283 Degrees Awarded
$17,200 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Non-Professional General Legal Studies Schools for a Bachelor's in the Great Lakes Region

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 Great Lakes Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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” ranking, we looked at 8 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.

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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value Non-Professional General Legal Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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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.

#6 in overall quality

Out of the 8 schools in the Best Value Non-Professional General Legal Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Illinois at Springfield landed the #1 spot on the list. Springfield, Illinois is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s non-professional general legal studies degrees to 7 students in 2019-2020.

UIS not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #6 on our “Best Non-Professional General Legal Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for UIS is $12,477 for Great Lakes Region Bachelor’s Degree Non-Professional General Legal Studies students.

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#2

Purdue University Global

Indianapolis, Indiana

Out of the 8 schools in the Best Value Non-Professional General Legal Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Purdue University Global landed the #2 spot on the list. Purdue University Global is a large school located in Indianapolis, Indiana that handed out 5 bachelors’s non-professional general legal studies degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our great lakes region bachelor’s degree non-professional general legal studies students list, Purdue University Global has also earned the #7 rank in our “Best Non-Professional General Legal Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking.

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#3

Oakland University

Rochester Hills, Michigan

Out of the 8 schools in the Best Value Non-Professional General Legal Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Oakland University landed the #3 spot on the list. Oakland University is a fairly large school located in Rochester Hills, Michigan that handed out 3 bachelors’s non-professional general legal studies degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our great lakes region bachelor’s degree non-professional general legal studies students list, Oakland has also earned the #5 rank in our “Best Non-Professional General Legal Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Oakland University is $11,802 for great lakes region bachelor’s degree non-professional general legal studies students.

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#4

Ball State University

Muncie, Indiana
#4 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Ball State University. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Non-Professional General Legal Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region. Ball State is a public institution located in Muncie, Indiana. The school has a large population, and it awarded 6 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Ball State also made our “Best Non-Professional General Legal Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list, coming in at #4. The yearly cost to attend Ball State is $15,147 for Great Lakes Region Bachelor’s Degree Non-Professional General Legal Studies students.

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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 #5 for the Best Value Non-Professional General Legal Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region. Located in Madison, Wisconsin, this large public school awarded 97 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s non-professional general legal studies students 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. It costs about $17,708 for great lakes region bachelor’s degree non-professional general legal studies students per year to attend UW - Madison.

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%. With a freshman retention rate of 95%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

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#6

Michigan State University

East Lansing, Michigan

Michigan State University landed the #6 spot on the 2022 Best Value Non-Professional General Legal Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Michigan State is a public institution located in East Lansing, Michigan. The school has a large population, and it awarded 84 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Michigan State also took the #3 spot in our “Best Non-Professional General Legal Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Michigan State is $19,173 for great lakes region bachelor’s degree non-professional general legal studies students.

With a freshman retention rate of 91%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. 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 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.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Indiana Tech, the school also landed the #8 spot in our “Best Non-Professional General Legal Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. It costs about $19,305 for Great Lakes Region Bachelor’s Degree Non-Professional General Legal Studies students per year to attend Indiana Institute of Technology.

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#8

Northwestern University

Evanston, Illinois

Northwestern University landed the #8 spot on the 2022 Best Value Non-Professional General Legal Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Northwestern is a private not-for-profit institution located in Evanston, Illinois. The school has a large population, and it awarded 20 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Northwestern also took the #1 spot in our “Best Non-Professional General Legal Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Northwestern University is $24,664 for Great Lakes Region Bachelor’s Degree Non-Professional General Legal Studies students.

With a student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. 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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 97%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

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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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