2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for American/U.S. Law/Legal Studies/Jurisprudence in the Great Lakes Region

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Best Value American/U.S. Law/Legal Studies/Jurisprudence Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

American/U.S. Law/Legal Studies/Jurisprudence is the 514th most popular major in the country with 865 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Great Lakes region, there were 116 American/U.S. law/legal studies/jurisprudence graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 96 American/U.S. law/legal studies/jurisprudence graduates with average earnings and debt of $57,039 and $42,488 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value American/U.S. Law/Legal Studies/Jurisprudence Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region” ranking analyzed 3 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.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the American/U.S. law/legal studies/jurisprudence program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value American/U.S. Law/Legal Studies/Jurisprudence Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for great lakes region master’s degree american/u.s. law/legal studies/jurisprudence students.

Top 3 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for American/U.S. Law/Legal Studies/Jurisprudence in the Great Lakes Region

#1

Loyola University Chicago

Chicago, Illinois

#1 in overall quality

$19,154 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Loyola University Chicago. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value American/U.S. Law/Legal Studies/Jurisprudence Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region list. Chicago, Illinois is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s American/U.S. law/legal studies/jurisprudence degrees to 12 students in 2019-2020.

Loyola Chicago did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best American/U.S. Law/Legal Studies/Jurisprudence Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Loyola University Chicago are $19,154, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#2

DePaul University

Chicago, Illinois

#3 in overall quality

$19,760 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value American/U.S. Law/Legal Studies/Jurisprudence Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, DePaul University landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Chicago, Illinois, this large private not-for-profit school awarded 40 diplomas to qualified masters’s American/U.S. law/legal studies/jurisprudence students in 2019-2020.

DePaul did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best American/U.S. Law/Legal Studies/Jurisprudence Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at DePaul University are $19,760.

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#3

Illinois Institute of Technology

Chicago, Illinois

#2 in overall quality

$30,695 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Illinois Institute of Technology. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value American/U.S. Law/Legal Studies/Jurisprudence Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region list. Illinois Institute of Technology is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school situated in Chicago, Illinois. It awarded 20 masters’s American/U.S. law/legal studies/jurisprudence degrees in 2019-2020.

Illinois Tech also made our “Best American/U.S. Law/Legal Studies/Jurisprudence Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list, coming in at #2. Average graduate tuition and fees at Illinois Tech are $30,695, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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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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