by our College Data Analytics Team
When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Non-Professional General Legal Studies Major” ranking - to help you make that decision.
Non-Professional General Legal Studies is the 143rd most popular major in the country with 4,407 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, non-professional general legal studies graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $38,632 and had an average of $33,872 in loans still to pay off.
At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 3,107 non-professional general legal studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,682 and $26,217 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Non-Professional General Legal Studies Major” ranking, we looked at 158 colleges that offer a degree in non-professional general legal studies. That schools that top this list have a program in non-professional general legal studies in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Non-Professional General Legal Studies Major”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend National Paralegal College. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Non-Professional General Legal Studies Major list. National Paralegal College is a small school located in Phoenix, Arizona that handed out 39 bachelors’s non-professional general legal studies degrees in 2020-2021.
Full National Paralegal College Non-Professional General Legal Studies Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Paul Quinn College. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Non-Professional General Legal Studies Major. Located in Dallas, Texas, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 11 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s non-professional general legal studies students in 2020-2021.
Full Paul Quinn College Non-Professional General Legal Studies Report
Out of the 158 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Non-Professional General Legal Studies Major that were part of this year’s ranking, Bethany Lutheran College landed the #3 spot on the list. This small school is located in Mankato, Minnesota, and it awarded 5 bachelors’s non-professional general legal studies degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 5.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 87%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Out of the 158 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Non-Professional General Legal Studies Major that were part of this year’s ranking, United States Military Academy landed the #4 spot on the list. West Point is a small school located in West Point, New York that handed out 43 bachelors’s non-professional general legal studies degrees in 2020-2021.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Blackburn College. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Non-Professional General Legal Studies Major list. Carlinville, Illinois is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s non-professional general legal studies degrees to 4 students in 2020-2021.
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University of the District of Columbia landed the #6 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Non-Professional General Legal Studies Major ranking. University of the District of Columbia is a small school located in Washington, District of Columbia that handed out 26 bachelors’s non-professional general legal studies degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.
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University of Wisconsin - Superior did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Non-Professional General Legal Studies Major ranking, coming in at #7. UW - Superior is located in Superior, Wisconsin and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 23 bachelors’s non-professional general legal studies degrees to qualified students.
Full University of Wisconsin - Superior Non-Professional General Legal Studies Report
John Jay College of Criminal Justice ranked #8 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Non-Professional General Legal Studies Major list. New York, New York is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s non-professional general legal studies degrees to 148 students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.2% 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%.
With a ranking of #9, Hamline University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Non-Professional General Legal Studies Major list. Hamline University is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Saint Paul, Minnesota. It awarded 39 bachelors’s non-professional general legal studies degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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Suffolk University landed the #10 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Non-Professional General Legal Studies Major ranking. Suffolk is a medium-sized school located in Boston, Massachusetts that handed out 69 bachelors’s non-professional general legal studies degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.3% 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%.
With a ranking of #11, St John’s University - New York did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Non-Professional General Legal Studies Major list. STJ is located in Queens, New York and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 126 bachelors’s non-professional general legal studies degrees to qualified students.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Non-Professional General Legal Studies at STJ
United States Air Force Academy landed the #12 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Non-Professional General Legal Studies Major ranking. USAFA is a small school located in USAF Academy, Colorado that handed out 30 bachelors’s non-professional general legal studies degrees in 2020-2021.
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Drake University landed the #13 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Non-Professional General Legal Studies Major ranking. This small school is located in Des Moines, Iowa, and it awarded 41 bachelors’s non-professional general legal studies degrees in 2020-2021.
The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.9% 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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%.
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Hodges University came in at #14 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Non-Professional General Legal Studies Major ranking. International College is located in Naples, Florida and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 7 bachelors’s non-professional general legal studies degrees to qualified students.
Full International College Non-Professional General Legal Studies Report
Howard Payne University landed the #15 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Non-Professional General Legal Studies Major ranking. Brownwood, Texas is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s non-professional general legal studies degrees to 6 students in 2020-2021.
The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.
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University of California - Santa Cruz landed the #16 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Non-Professional General Legal Studies Major ranking. UC Santa Cruz is located in Santa Cruz, California and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 148 bachelors’s non-professional general legal studies degrees to qualified students.
With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Non-Professional General Legal Studies at UC Santa Cruz
Ohio Wesleyan University landed the #17 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Non-Professional General Legal Studies Major ranking. OWU is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Delaware, Ohio. It awarded 8 bachelors’s non-professional general legal studies degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.
Full Ohio Wesleyan University Non-Professional General Legal Studies Report
Goldey - Beacom College came in at #18 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Non-Professional General Legal Studies Major ranking. Goldey - Beacom College is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Wilmington, Delaware. It awarded 10 bachelors’s non-professional general legal studies degrees in 2020-2021.
Full Goldey - Beacom College Non-Professional General Legal Studies Report
Dickinson College came in at #19 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Non-Professional General Legal Studies Major ranking. Located in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 13 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s non-professional general legal studies students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.
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University of Washington - Tacoma Campus did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Non-Professional General Legal Studies Major ranking, coming in at #20. University of Washington - Tacoma Campus is a medium-sized school located in Tacoma, Washington that handed out 38 bachelors’s non-professional general legal studies degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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Ramapo College of New Jersey did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Non-Professional General Legal Studies Major ranking, coming in at #21. This medium-sized school is located in Mahwah, New Jersey, and it awarded 25 bachelors’s non-professional general legal studies degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Full Ramapo College Non-Professional General Legal Studies Report
With a ranking of #22, Post University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Non-Professional General Legal Studies Major list. Post University is a fairly large private for-profit school situated in Waterbury, Connecticut. It awarded 34 bachelors’s non-professional general legal studies degrees in 2020-2021.
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Scripps College ranked #23 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Non-Professional General Legal Studies Major list. Scripps is a small school located in Claremont, California that handed out 5 bachelors’s non-professional general legal studies degrees in 2020-2021.
With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Lasell University ranked #24 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Non-Professional General Legal Studies Major list. Located in Newton, Massachusetts, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 9 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s non-professional general legal studies students in 2020-2021.
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Alderson Broaddus University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Non-Professional General Legal Studies Major ranking, coming in at #25. Philippi, West Virginia is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s non-professional general legal studies degrees to 3 students in 2020-2021.
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