2022 Best Value Non-Professional General Legal Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest 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 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 master’s degree level specifically, there were 81 non-professional general legal studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,078 and $37,227 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Non-Professional General Legal Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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.

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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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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 Master’s in the Southwest Region”.

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

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

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Non-Professional General Legal Studies in the Southwest Region

#1

Texas State University

San Marcos, Texas

#2 in overall quality

$17,040 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Non-Professional General Legal Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas State University landed the #1 spot on the list. Texas State University is located in San Marcos, Texas and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 33 masters’s non-professional general legal studies degrees to qualified students.

Texas State also made our “Best Non-Professional General Legal Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #2. Average graduate tuition and fees at Texas State University are $17,040, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Non-Professional General Legal Studies at Texas State

#2

University of Arizona

Tucson, Arizona

#1 in overall quality

$33,399 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Non-Professional General Legal Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Arizona landed the #2 spot on the list. University of Arizona is a large school located in Tucson, Arizona that handed out 41 masters’s non-professional general legal studies degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at University of Arizona, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Non-Professional General Legal Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Arizona are $33,399, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Non-Professional General Legal Studies at University of Arizona

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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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