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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Legal Support Services (Income $0-$30k) in the Southwest Region

5 Ranked Colleges
63 Degrees Awarded
$12,400 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Legal Support Schools for a Bachelor's in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. 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 Legal Support Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Legal Support Services is the 105th most popular major in the country with 10,854 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, legal support services graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $29,484 and had an average of $23,785 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Southwest region, there were 1,613 legal support services graduates with average earnings and debt of $29,772 and $19,491 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 63 legal support services graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,896 and $23,899 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Legal Support Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking looked at 5 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in legal support services. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality legal support services programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the legal support services program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region bachelor’s degree legal support students whose families make $0-$30k.

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Legal Support Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Houston - Clear Lake landed the #1 spot on the list. University of Houston - Clear Lake is a public institution located in Houston, Texas. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 21 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

UH Clear Lake did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Legal Support Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The yearly cost to attend UH Clear Lake is $4,517 for southwest region bachelor’s degree legal support students whose families make $0-$30k.

Read more about Legal Support Services at University of Houston - Clear Lake

#2

East Central University

Ada, Oklahoma

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Legal Support Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, East Central University landed the #2 spot on the list. This small school is located in Ada, Oklahoma, and it awarded 6 bachelors’s legal support degrees in 2019-2020.

ECU also made our “Best Legal Support Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #4. It costs about $7,787 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Legal Support students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend ECU.

Full ECU Legal Support Services Report

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Texas A&M University - Commerce. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Legal Support Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k. Texas A&M University - Commerce is a public institution located in Commerce, Texas. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 10 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Texas A&M Commerce did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Legal Support Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Texas A&M University - Commerce is $10,013 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Legal Support students whose families make $0-$30k.

Read more about Legal Support Services at Texas A&M University - Commerce

#4

Texas Wesleyan University

Fort Worth, Texas

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Texas Wesleyan University. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Legal Support Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k. Texas Wesleyan University is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Fort Worth, Texas. It awarded 7 bachelors’s legal support degrees in 2019-2020.

Texas Wesleyan also took the #2 spot in our “Best Legal Support Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Texas Wesleyan University is $22,498 for southwest region bachelor’s degree legal support students whose families make $0-$30k.

Full Texas Wesleyan Legal Support Services Report

#5

Bryan University

Tempe, Arizona
#5 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Bryan University. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Legal Support Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k. Bryan University is located in Tempe, Arizona and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 15 bachelors’s legal support degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Bryan University, the school also landed the #5 spot in our “Best Legal Support Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $17,293 for southwest region bachelor’s degree legal support students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Bryan University.

Read more about Legal Support Services at Bryan University

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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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