2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for Non-Professional General Legal Studies for a Master’s
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Veterans have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for Non-Professional General Legal Studies for a Master’s” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
In 2020-2021, 4,407 people earned their degree in non-professional general legal studies, making the major the 143rd most popular in the United States. 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.
Across the Far Western US region, there were 928 non-professional general legal studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,527 and $20,284 respectively.
This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for Non-Professional General Legal Studies for a Master’s” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered 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 offer a lot of support to veterans and active service members.
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, veteran affordability, and veteran population. 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 “Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for Non-Professional General Legal Studies for a Master’s”.
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Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for Non-Professional General Legal Studies for a Master’s
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for Non-Professional General Legal Studies for a Master’s”.
Top 2 Best Non-Professional General Legal Studies Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Far Western US Region
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Humphreys University - Stockton and Modesto Campuses. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for Non-Professional General Legal Studies for a Master’s list. Located in Stockton, California, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 12 diplomas to qualified masters’s non-professional general legal studies students in 2020-2021.
Humphreys University also took the #2 spot in our “Best Non-Professional General Legal Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” ranking.Among the 401 students enrolled at Humphreys University, 13 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 7 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $8,202. During this same period, 0 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Humphreys University offers credit for military training for eligible students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 100%.
[Read full report on veteran student life at Humphreys University]](/colleges/humphreys-college-stockton-and-modesto-campuses/student-life/veterans/)
Out of the 2 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for Non-Professional General Legal Studies for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Trinity Law School landed the #2 spot on the list. Trinity Law School is a small school located in Santa Ana, California that handed out 72 masters’s non-professional general legal studies degrees in 2020-2021.
Trinity Law School also took the #1 spot in our “Best Non-Professional General Legal Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” ranking.According to our most recent data, Trinity Law School supports 377 students, and 10 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 6 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $13,959. In addition to receiving other benefits, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program.
Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.
Full Trinity Law School Veteran Student Life Report
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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).
- Veteran-specific data can be found at the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs.
- 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
- *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
- **GI Bill® student total includes all chapters of the GI Bill® program (e.g., Post-9/11, Montgomery GI Bill, Reserve Education Assistance Program, and Veteran Readiness and Employment)
- 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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