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

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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 master’s degree level specifically, there were 154 non-professional general legal studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $59,319 and $48,880 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Non-Professional General Legal Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Far Western US Region” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree in non-professional general legal studies. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent non-professional general legal studies programs, but they also 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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Non-Professional General Legal Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Far Western US Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Non-Professional General Legal Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Far Western US Region.

Top 3 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Non-Professional General Legal Studies in the Far Western US Region

#1

Trinity Law School

Santa Ana, California

#2 in overall quality

$13,650 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Trinity Law School. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Non-Professional General Legal Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Far Western US Region. Located in Santa Ana, California, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 91 degrees to qualified masters’s non-professional general legal studies students in 2019-2020.

Trinity Law School not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Non-Professional General Legal Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Trinity Law School are $13,650.

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#2

Loyola Marymount University

Los Angeles, California

#1 in overall quality

$19,756 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Loyola Marymount University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Non-Professional General Legal Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Far Western US Region list. This medium-sized school is located in Los Angeles, California, and it awarded 10 masters’s non-professional general legal studies degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Loyola Marymount, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Non-Professional General Legal Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Loyola Marymount University are $19,756, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Loyola Marymount University Non-Professional General Legal Studies Report

#3

The Santa Barbara and Ventura Colleges of Law at Ventura

Ventura, California

#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The Santa Barbara and Ventura Colleges of Law at Ventura. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Non-Professional General Legal Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Far Western US Region list. The Santa Barbara and Ventura Colleges of Law at Ventura is a small school located in Ventura, California that handed out 26 masters’s non-professional general legal studies degrees in 2019-2020.

Ventura College of Law did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Non-Professional General Legal Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” list.

Read more about Non-Professional General Legal Studies at Ventura College of Law

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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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