2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Non-Professional General Legal Studies in Iowa

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Non-Professional General Legal Studies Schools for a Master’s in Iowa” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 4,086 people earned their degree in non-professional general legal studies, making the major the 154th most popular in the United States. 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 Iowa, there were 36 non-professional general legal studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,045 and $46,973 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 2 non-professional general legal studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $52,298 and $45,299 respectively.

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.

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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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Non-Professional General Legal Studies Schools for a Master’s in Iowa” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Non-Professional General Legal Studies Schools for a Master’s in Iowa

The colleges and universities below are the best for iowa master’s degree non-professional general legal studies students.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Non-Professional General Legal Studies in Iowa

#1

Drake University

Des Moines, Iowa

#1 in overall quality

$11,932 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Non-Professional General Legal Studies Schools for a Master’s in Iowa that were part of this year’s ranking, Drake University landed the #1 spot on the list. Drake University is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Des Moines, Iowa. It awarded 2 masters’s non-professional general legal studies degrees in 2019-2020.

Drake also took the #1 spot in our “Best Non-Professional General Legal Studies Master’s Degree Schools in Iowa” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Drake University are $11,932, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full Drake Non-Professional General Legal Studies Report

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Non-Professional General Legal Studies in the Plains States Region
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Non-Professional General Legal Studies

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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