2023 Best Value Colleges for American/U.S. Law/Legal Studies/Jurisprudence (Income $75-$110k) in Pennsylvania

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In 2020-2021, 749 people earned their degree in American/U.S. law/legal studies/jurisprudence, making the major the 508th most popular in the United States.

Across Pennsylvania, there were 63 American/U.S. law/legal studies/jurisprudence graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value American/U.S. Law/Legal Studies/Jurisprudence Schools in Pennsylvania For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in American/U.S. law/legal studies/jurisprudence. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality American/U.S. law/legal studies/jurisprudence programs that also have a lower cost than 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 American/U.S. law/legal studies/jurisprudence program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value American/U.S. Law/Legal Studies/Jurisprudence Schools in Pennsylvania For Those Making $75-$110k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value American/U.S. Law/Legal Studies/Jurisprudence Schools in Pennsylvania For Those Making $75-$110k.

Top 2 Best Value Colleges for American/U.S. Law/Legal Studies/Jurisprudence (Income $75-$110k) in Pennsylvania

1

California University of Pennsylvania
California, Pennsylvania

#2 in overall quality

$21,716 Average Net Price

$40,624 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend California University of Pennsylvania. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Best Value American/U.S. Law/Legal Studies/Jurisprudence Schools in Pennsylvania For Those Making $75-$110k list. Cal U is located in California, Pennsylvania and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 10 ’s American/U.S. law/legal studies/jurisprudence degrees to qualified students.

Cal U did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best American/U.S. Law/Legal Studies/Jurisprudence Schools in Pennsylvania” list. It costs about $21,716 for Pennsylvania American/U.S. Law/Legal Studies/Jurisprudence students whose families make $75-$110k per year to attend California University of Pennsylvania.

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2

Drexel University
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

#1 in overall quality

$37,562 Average Net Price

$60,176 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value American/U.S. Law/Legal Studies/Jurisprudence Schools in Pennsylvania For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Drexel University landed the #2 spot on the list. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out ’s American/U.S. law/legal studies/jurisprudence degrees to 52 students in 2020-2021.

Drexel did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best American/U.S. Law/Legal Studies/Jurisprudence Schools in Pennsylvania” list. It costs about $37,562 for Pennsylvania American/U.S. Law/Legal Studies/Jurisprudence students whose families make $75-$110k per year to attend Drexel.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 88%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.

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• Best Value Colleges for American/U.S. Law/Legal Studies/Jurisprudence (Income $75-$110k) in the Middle Atlantic Region
• Best Value Colleges for American/U.S. Law/Legal Studies/Jurisprudence (Income $75-$110k)

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.