2022 Best Value Legal Support Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region
With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Legal Support Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
In 2019-2020, 10,854 people earned their degree in legal support services, making the major the 105th most popular in the United States. 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 Southeast region, there were 3,018 legal support services graduates with average earnings and debt of $27,021 and $27,059 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 431 legal support services graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,277 and $25,415 respectively.
This year’s “Best Value Legal Support Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region” ranking looked at 20 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.
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 legal support services program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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Best Value Legal Support Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region
The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region bachelor’s degree legal support students.
Top 20 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Legal Support Services in the Southeast Region
Out of the 20 schools in the Best Value Legal Support Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Herzing University - Kenner landed the #1 spot on the list. Herzing University - Kenner is located in Kenner, Louisiana and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 3 bachelors’s legal support degrees to qualified students.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Herzing University - Kenner, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best Legal Support Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. It costs about $24,248 for southeast region bachelor’s degree legal support students per year to attend Herzing University - Kenner.
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Out of the 20 schools in the Best Value Legal Support Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Sullivan University landed the #2 spot on the list. This small school is located in Louisville, Kentucky, and it awarded 7 bachelors’s legal support degrees in 2019-2020.
In addition to being on our southeast region bachelor’s degree legal support students list, Sullivan University has also earned the #5 rank in our “Best Legal Support Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Sullivan University is $22,392 for southeast region bachelor’s degree legal support students.
With a student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.
Out of the 20 schools in the Best Value Legal Support Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Clayton State University landed the #3 spot on the list. Clayton State University is a medium-sized public school situated in Morrow, Georgia. It awarded 16 bachelors’s legal support degrees in 2019-2020.
In addition to being on our southeast region bachelor’s degree legal support students list, Clayton State University has also earned the #3 rank in our “Best Legal Support Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Clayton State University is $10,918 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Legal Support students.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Mississippi University for Women. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Legal Support Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region list. This small school is located in Columbus, Mississippi, and it awarded 16 bachelors’s legal support degrees in 2019-2020.
In addition to being on our southeast region bachelor’s degree legal support students list, MUW has also earned the #17 rank in our “Best Legal Support Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for MUW is $12,054 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Legal Support students.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend St Petersburg College. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Legal Support Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region list. SPC is a large school located in Clearwater, Florida that handed out 20 bachelors’s legal support degrees in 2019-2020.
In addition to being on our southeast region bachelor’s degree legal support students list, SPC has also earned the #14 rank in our “Best Legal Support Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. It costs about $3,226 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Legal Support students per year to attend St Petersburg College.
South University, Columbia came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Legal Support Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region ranking. South University, Columbia is a private for-profit institution located in Columbia, South Carolina. The school has a small population, and it awarded 5 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.
South University, Columbia did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #10 on our “Best Legal Support Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for South University, Columbia is $23,187 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Legal Support students.
With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.
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Herzing University - Atlanta came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Legal Support Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region ranking. Herzing University - Atlanta is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Atlanta, Georgia. It awarded 3 bachelors’s legal support degrees in 2019-2020.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Herzing University - Atlanta, the school also landed the #9 spot in our “Best Legal Support Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Herzing University - Atlanta is $25,542 for southeast region bachelor’s degree legal support students.
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With a ranking of #8, The University of West Florida did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Legal Support Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region list. Located in Pensacola, Florida, this fairly large public school handed out 43 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s legal support students in 2019-2020.
UWF also took the #6 spot in our “Best Legal Support Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. It costs about $7,406 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Legal Support students per year to attend The University of West Florida.
Liberty University came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Legal Support Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region ranking. Liberty University is located in Lynchburg, Virginia and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 125 bachelors’s legal support degrees to qualified students.
Liberty University not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #8 on our “Best Legal Support Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Liberty University is $28,903 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Legal Support students.
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Florida Gulf Coast University came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Legal Support Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region ranking. Florida Gulf Coast University is located in Fort Myers, Florida and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 77 bachelors’s legal support degrees to qualified students.
In addition to being on our southeast region bachelor’s degree legal support students list, FGCU has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Legal Support Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Florida Gulf Coast University is $11,606 for southeast region bachelor’s degree legal support students.
South University, West Palm Beach landed the #11 spot on the 2022 Best Value Legal Support Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region ranking. This small school is located in Royal Palm Beach, Florida, and it awarded 2 bachelors’s legal support degrees in 2019-2020.
South University, West Palm Beach did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #12 on our “Best Legal Support Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The yearly cost to attend South University, West Palm Beach is $22,592 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Legal Support students.
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South University, Virginia Beach ranked #12 on this year’s Best Value Legal Support Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region list. South University, Virginia Beach is located in Virginia Beach, Virginia and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 2 bachelors’s legal support degrees to qualified students.
South University, Virginia Beach not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #13 on our “Best Legal Support Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The yearly cost to attend South University, Virginia Beach is $20,395 for southeast region bachelor’s degree legal support students.
Since the school has a student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.
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Mississippi College did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Legal Support Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region ranking, coming in at #13. Located in Clinton, Mississippi, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 9 degrees to qualified bachelors’s legal support students in 2019-2020.
MC also made our “Best Legal Support Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #11. The estimated yearly cost for MC is $17,186 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Legal Support students.
With a ranking of #14, The University of Tennessee - Chattanooga did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Legal Support Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region list. UT Chattanooga is a fairly large public school situated in Chattanooga, Tennessee. It awarded 9 bachelors’s legal support degrees in 2019-2020.
In addition to being on our southeast region bachelor’s degree legal support students list, UT Chattanooga has also earned the #7 rank in our “Best Legal Support Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. It costs about $12,952 for southeast region bachelor’s degree legal support students per year to attend The University of Tennessee - Chattanooga.
With a ranking of #15, Eastern Kentucky University did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Legal Support Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region list. Eastern is a public institution located in Richmond, Kentucky. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 13 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.
Eastern also made our “Best Legal Support Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #16. It costs about $14,149 for southeast region bachelor’s degree legal support students per year to attend Eastern.
With a ranking of #16, Regent University did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Legal Support Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region list. Regent University is located in Virginia Beach, Virginia and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 21 bachelors’s legal support degrees to qualified students.
Regent did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #18 on our “Best Legal Support Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Regent University is $15,267 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Legal Support students.
South University, Savannah did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Legal Support Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region ranking, coming in at #17. This small school is located in Savannah, Georgia, and it awarded 1 bachelors’s legal support degrees in 2019-2020.
In addition to being on our southeast region bachelor’s degree legal support students list, South University, Savannah has also earned the #19 rank in our “Best Legal Support Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for South University, Savannah is $16,989 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Legal Support students.
The impressive 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.
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Nova Southeastern University ranked #18 on this year’s Best Value Legal Support Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region list. This large school is located in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, and it awarded 6 bachelors’s legal support degrees in 2019-2020.
NUS Florida also made our “Best Legal Support Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #15. The yearly cost to attend Nova Southeastern University is $23,905 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Legal Support students.
The student loan default rate at the school is 2.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
University of Richmond did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Legal Support Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region ranking, coming in at #19. URichmond is a small private not-for-profit school situated in University of Richmond, Virginia. It awarded 8 bachelors’s legal support degrees in 2019-2020.
URichmond also made our “Best Legal Support Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #1. The estimated yearly cost for URichmond is $25,838 for southeast region bachelor’s degree legal support students.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 93%. Since the school has a student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. The student loan default rate at the school is 1.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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South University’s online programs came in at #20 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Legal Support Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region ranking. South University’s online programs is located in Savannah, Georgia and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 4 bachelors’s legal support degrees to qualified students.
In addition to being on our southeast region bachelor’s degree legal support students list, South University’s online programs has also earned the #20 rank in our “Best Legal Support Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for South University’s online programs is $21,178 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Legal Support students.
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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%.
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- *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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